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mural

/myoor-uhl/US // ˈmyʊər əl //UK // (ˈmjʊərəl) //

壁画,墙画

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
    • : a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall.
    • : a wallpaper pattern representing a landscape or the like, often with very widely spaced repeats so as to produce the effect of a mural painting on a wall of average size; a trompe l'oeil.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or resembling a wall.
    • : executed on or affixed to a wall: mural inscriptions.
    • : pertaining to any of several astronomical instruments that were affixed to a wall aligned on the plane of a meridian, and were formerly used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies: a mural quadrant; a mural circle.

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Examples

  • Visitors to the house are greeted by a neon mural of magic mushrooms and UFOs flanking the foyer and its rainbow light-up staircase.

  • You used to be able to book a visit to the Commodilla catacombs to see the famous 4th Century mural depiction of a bearded Christ.

  • In a statement, Lightfoot said the effort “is not just about a single statue or mural, but how we create a platform to channel our city’s dynamic civic energy to purposefully reflect our values as Chicagoans.”

  • Knowing the significance of murals to living communities, someone developed a script tool that allows 128×128-pixel images to be stored on a map object that can be placed on the side of a block.

  • The art scene rivals that of other cities like San Francisco, with murals painting the town all over.

  • Mastrion immediately decided to change her concept to a mural of the band.

  • The program began about two years ago with artist Jet Martinez, who painted a brightly hued floral mural in Building 18.

  • By April 17, Warhol had written a letter to the Department of Public Works authorizing that the mural be painted over.

  • The teachers encouraged him, gave him a school wall for a mural.

  • Like a masterpiece—or a mural across the side of a subway car—the art of graffiti seemed to spring up overnight in New York City.

  • What remains to us, in the mural decorations of Pompeii and the designs on vases, seem to confirm the criticisms of the ancients.

  • This is intended for mural decoration only—like something dignified and inspiring—over a bar.

  • We have but little important mural painting in this country.

  • Modern opportunities of mural decoration are chiefly domestic.

  • Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.