核心畫面

Someone whose work is making art — picture a painter at an , brush in hand, turning a blank surface into something nobody had seen before. The whole word grows from this image of a person who creates beauty or meaning by hand and eye.

可以想成一個站在畫架前的人,手裡握著畫筆,把一片空白變成從前沒有人見過的東西。整個字都是從「親手創造美或意義的人」這更多收起可以想成一個站在畫架前的人,手裡握著畫筆,把一片空白變成從前沒有人見過的東西。整個字都是從「親手創造美或意義的人」這個畫面長出來的——先是畫畫的人,再延伸到舞台上、再延伸到任何把事情做得像作品一樣漂亮的人。

Two branches

創作與表演的藝術家

這一支是字的本義加上它最近的鄰居:先是動手創作的人,再到舞台上表演的人——兩者都靠才華把作品呈現給別人看。

artist (visual art) · noun · A2

Someone who makes art, such as paintings or sculptures.

藝術家

做得出神入化的高手

從「真正的藝術家」借來的比喻:當一個人某件事做得漂亮到像藝術品,我們就半開玩笑地叫他這方面的 artist。

skilled expert · noun · A2

Someone who is extremely good at doing something.

高手

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Artistname

  • 1

    A surname.

artistnoun/ˈɑːtɪst/

  • 1

    A person who creates art.

  • 2

    A person who creates art.

  • 3

    A person who is skilled at some activity.

  • 4

    A recording artist.

  • 5

    A person who creates visual art (in contrast to literature, music etc.)

artistadj/ˈɑːtɪst/

  • 1

    archaicArtistic.

    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。