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Pre-Raphaelite

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Pre-Raph·ae·lite /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt $ -ˈræfiə-/ adjective  1 relating to the members of a group of late 19th-century English painters and artists 〔英国19世纪晚期〕拉斐尔前派画家[艺术家] a Pre-Raphaelite painting 拉斐尔前派风格的绘画2. used to describe a woman’s hair that is long and curly 〔女性头发〕长而卷曲的Pre-Raphaelite noun [countable]
Examples from the Corpus
Pre-RaphaeliteBut that makes her sound too pale, too Pre-Raphaelite.The Pre-Raphaelite beatnik, in other words.Some of her designs were included in the 1857 Pre-Raphaelite exhibition in Russell Square.When it came to designing jewellery, Edward Burne-Jones was probably the most prolific of the Pre-Raphaelite group.Rosetti, the founder of the Pre-Raphaelite painting movement shared the tenancy.The Wardley family collection contained many treasures, including many Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and Miss Hatherby knew them all intimately.An accompanying exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings mounted by Peter Nahum will include a work by Burne-Jones priced at £85,000.
Origin Pre-Raphaelite (1800-1900) Raphael (Raffaello Santi) (1483-1520), Italian painter
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Pre-Raphaelite
Pre-Raphaelite /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt $ -ˈræfiə-/ adjective
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: Raphael (Raffaello Santi) (1483-1520), Italian painter
1. relating to the members of a group of late 19th-century English painters and artists:
    a Pre-Raphaelite painting
2. used to describe a woman’s hair that is long and curly
—Pre-Raphaelite noun [countable]


Pre-Raphael·iteBrE /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt/ 🔊 nouna member of a group of British 19th century artists who painted in a style similar to Italian artists of the 14th and 15th centuries, before the time of Raphael 拉斐尔前派画家(英国 19 世纪的画家,风格近似拉斐尔之前的 14、15 世纪意大利画家)
Pre-Raphael·iteBrE /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt/ 🔊 adjectiveconnected with or in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites 拉斐尔前派绘画风格的Pre-Raphaelite paintings拉斐尔前派风格的绘画(especially of a woman 尤指女人) looking like a person in a painting by one of the Pre-Raphaelites, for example with pale skin and long thick dark red hair 似拉斐尔前派绘画中人物的(如皮肤白皙,有浓密的深红色长发)