avant-garde

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av·ant-garde /ˌævɒŋ ˈɡɑːd◂ $ ˌævɑːŋ ˈɡɑːrd◂/ adjective  1  AMODERNavant-garde music, literature etc is extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking 先锋派的，前卫的 an avant-garde play 先锋派戏剧2  the avant-garde AMODERNthe group of artists, writers etc who produce avant-garde books, paintings etc 先锋派，前卫派 a member of the avant-garde 先锋派成员

Examples from the Corpus

avant-garde• West Berlin's theatres are often avant-garde and experimental; those in the east have tended towards more classical interpretations.• His vision was riveted to one vanishing point on a particular horizon, and that was the story of avant-garde art.• an exhibition of work by avant-garde artists and sculptors• His paintings are rather too avant-garde for my tastes.• The relativist paradigm of the twentieth century has determined the form of our avant-garde literature.• Although she likes avant-garde music, Lydia also plays classical guitar and piano.• The 1900 Secession exhibition was significantly international, but still included only a minority of avant-garde paintings.• Olsson trained in the late 1970s at the University of Arizona, where she was part of the avant-garde Paradise Group.• But another scholar speculates that the figure was carved by a reclusive, avant-garde sculptor.• It is a moot point which of these avant-garde strategies has been the more effective.• I can teach, do my creative avant-garde work which I love, as well as dealing with clients and performing on stage.Origin avant-garde (1900-2000) French “vanguard”

av·ant-garde adjectiveChineseSyllable  

avant-garde extremely literature etc Corpus music, modern is

avant-garde
av‧ant-garde /ˌævɒŋ ˈɡɑːd◂ $ ˌævɑːŋ ˈɡɑːrd◂/ adjective1. avant-garde music, literature etc is extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking:
    an avant-garde play
2. the avant-garde the group of artists, writers etc who produce avant-garde books, paintings etc:
    a member of the avant-garde