canvas

canvas
(pl. canvases 或 canvasses)
[mass noun]
  1. a strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting
    帆布；油画布
    [as modifier]a canvas bag.
    一个帆布书包。
    ■[count noun]a piece of such cloth prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting
    油画布
    ■[count noun]an oil painting
    油画
    Turner's late canvases.
    特纳的晚期油画。
    ■a variety of canvas with an open weave, used as a basis for tapestry and embroidery
    （用作挂毯或刺绣底料的）网形粗布，十字布
    ■(the canvas)the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring, having a canvas covering
    （铺帆布的）拳击台地面；摔跤场地面
    ■[count noun]either of a racing boat's tapering ends, originally covered with canvas
    （原为用帆布遮盖的）赛艇尖端
(canvassed, canvassing; 美 canvased, canvasing)
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be canvassed)cover with canvas
    用帆布覆盖
    the door had been canvassed over.
    门被盖上帆布。
常用词组
by a canvas
  1. (in boat racing) by a small margin
    （赛艇比赛中）以毫厘之差
under canvas
  1. in a tent or tents
    在帐篷里
    the family will be living under canvas.
    全家将住在帐篷里。
  2. with sails spread
    扬着帆，扯满帆
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old Northern French canevas, based on Latin cannabis 'hemp', from Greek
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