| 英语单词 | avant-garde |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌævɒ̃'ɡɑːd] 美 [ˌævɑː̃'ɡɑːrd] |
| 中文释义 | n.先锋派 adj.先锋的;前卫的 |
| vocabulary简明 | The term avant-garde refers to innovative or experimental concepts or works, or the group of people producing them. Pushing boundaries with his development of Cubism, Pablo Picasso was part of the early 20th-century art world’s avant-garde. |
| vocabulary扩展 | In French, avant-garde means the “vanguard” or the “advance guard” — basically the people and ideas that are ahead of their time. Usually it refers to a movement in the arts, like Dadaism, or in politics, like anarchism. Avant-garde can also be used as an adjective to describe something that’s cutting-edge. You might have enjoyed that avant-garde dance piece in which the performers threw marshmallows at each other, even though it was confusing at times. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](艺术、音乐、戏剧、文学)先锋派的,前卫的,实验性的 Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental. [usu ADJ n] [
2 [N-SING 单数名词]先锋派;前卫派 You can refer to the artists, writers, and musicians who introduce new and very modern ideas as the avant-garde . [
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