still life

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ˌstill ˈlife noun (plural still lifes) [countable, uncountable]  AVPa picture of an arrangement of objects, for example flowers or fruit 静物画 →4  See picture of 见图 PAINTING →5 see picture at 见图 painting

Examples from the Corpus

still life• Before I could ever get to my life, conscience was arranging it all like a still life or tableau.• Never settle for painting a still life with nets and anchor just because you are afraid seascapes are too complex.• The other was a still life, part of a series painted during a prolonged stay in Paris.• The final project was a still life with all these objects in it as well as a small hunk of plastic ham.• So a colourful still life seemed a suitable choice of subject for an exploration of the pastels' most obvious potential.• Over the fire-place hung a narrow horizontal Derain still life of a loaf of bread.• Phantom woman-gone-back into the cage of her dreams, the still life of her mind.

ˌstill ˈlife nounChineseSyllable  

of objects, arrangement picture for an example flowers of a Corpus or

still life
ˌstill ˈlife noun (plural still lifes) [uncountable and countable]
a picture of an arrangement of objects, for example flowers or fruit

still lifeBrE /ˌstɪl ˈlaɪf/ 🔊NAmE /ˌstɪl ˈlaɪf/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (

plural

still lifes) the art of painting or drawing arrangements of objects such as flowers, fruit, etc.; a painting, etc. like this 静物画技法；静物画