canvas

英 [ˈkænvəs]

美 [ˈkænvəs]

n. 帆布; (帆布)画布; 油画
vt. 用帆布覆盖

复数：canvases　现在分词：canvassing　过去分词：canvassed　过去式：canvassed　第三人称单数：canvases　

Collins.2 / BNC.4541 / COCA.3732

习惯用语

under canvas

noun

帆布
a strong heavy rough material used for making tents, sails, etc. and by artists for painting on
（帆布）画布；油画
a piece of canvas used for painting on; a painting done on a piece of canvas , using oil paints
1. a sale of the artist's early canvases
  那位画家早期油画的拍卖

N-UNCOUNT 帆布
Canvasis a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.
1. ...a canvas bag.
  帆布包
帆布画布；油画布
Acanvasis a piece of canvas or similar material on which an oil painting can be done.
N-COUNT 油画
Acanvasis a painting that has been done on canvas.
1. The show includes canvases by masters like Carpaccio, Canaletto and Guardi.
  画展上有卡尔帕乔、卡纳莱托和瓜尔迪等大师们的油画作品。
PHRASE （住、睡）在帐篷里
If you are living and sleepingunder canvas, you are living and sleeping in a tent.
1. Campsites in the New Forest quickly filled up as thousands decided to spend the holiday under canvas.
  随着成千上万的人决定到户外宿营度假,新福里斯特的野营地很快人满为患。

noun

a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
Synonym:canvass
the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
1. the boxer picked himself up off the canvas
Synonym:canvass
an oil painting on canvas fabric
Synonym:canvass
a tent made of canvas fabric
Synonym:canvas tentcanvass
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Synonym:sailcanvasssheet
the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
1. the crowded canvas of history
2. the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound
Synonym:canvass

verb

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
1. analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
2. analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
3. analyze your real motives
Synonym:analyzeanalysestudyexaminecanvass
cover with canvas
1. She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks
get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
Synonym:pollcanvass
solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Synonym:canvass

The times that people used canvas boat have become history.
人们用帆船的时代已成为历史。
Sometimes I need to draw a few lines or some text on an image or a blank canvas.
有时，我需要在一张图像或一块空白画布上绘制几根线条和一些文本。
The artist stretched a new canvas.
画家展开了一张新画布。
Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas which would serve as the scenery
几位画家正在一块用作舞台布景的巨大帆布上作画。
He daubed the canvas over with paint.
油画布上满是涂抹的颜料.他用涂料在帆布上画。
I supply the canvas, you choose the colors.
我给你画布，你自己选择颜色。
We were living under canvas for the whole two weeks of our holiday.
整整两个星期的假期我们都生活在帐篷里。
Campsites in the New Forest quickly filled up as thousands decided to spend the holiday under canvas.
随着成千上万的人决定到户外宿营度假，新福里斯特的野营地很快人满为患。
DIY Paradise-Cotton, salt, cooked sugar, tin foil, feathers and canvas.
DIY乐园-棉花，盐，糖煮熟，锡纸，羽毛和帆布。
She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.
她最近从剧院拿回一幅油画，用图钉把它钉在了墙上。