impressionism
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++im·pres·sion·is·m, Impressionism /ɪmˈpreʃənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] 1. AVPa style of painting used especially in France in the 19th century that uses colour instead of details of form to produce effects of light or feeling 印象主义，印象派〔不拘泥于细节，而以色彩来营造光线或感觉效果的绘画风格，尤盛行于19世纪的法国〕 → realism2. APMa style of music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that produces feelings and images by the quality of sounds rather than by a pattern of notes 印象主义，印象派〔以音色而不是旋律来产生感觉和意象的音乐风格，盛行于19世纪末及20世纪初〕Examples from the Corpus
impressionism• The challenge to academic painting that impressionism posed was a challenge both in form and in content.im·pres·sion·is·m nounChineseSyllable
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impressionism
im‧pres‧sion‧is‧m
, Impressionism /ɪmˈpreʃənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]
2. a style of music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that produces feelings and images by the quality of sounds rather than by a pattern of notes
im‧pres‧sion‧is‧m
, Impressionism /ɪmˈpreʃənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] Word Family: noun: impression, impressionism, impressionist, impressiveness; adjective: impressionable, impressive ≠ unimpressive, impressionistic, unimpressed; adverb: impressively, impressionistically; verb: impress
1. a style of painting used especially in France in the 19th century that uses colour instead of details of form to produce effects of light or feeling ⇨ realism2. a style of music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that produces feelings and images by the quality of sounds rather than by a pattern of notes