“staffage”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

staffage

释义

▪ I. ‖ staffage|ˈstafaːʒ|
[Ger.: a pseudo-Fr. formation after G. staffiren to fit out, garnish, believed to be corruptly ad. OF. estoffer, f. estoffe stuff n.]
The accessories of a picture. Also transf. and fig.
1872B. Taylor in Life & Lett. (1884) II. 594 A forge where he [Schiller] studied the staffage for his ballad of ‘Fridolin’.1887Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Nov. 3/1 The staffage to the little love-story is a fertile little oasis in the wide, bleak Cossack steppes.1906Academy 10 Nov. 480/1 But the seated figure is a needless piece of staffage.1908A. M. Hind Short Hist. Engraving 230 The staffage of some of Piranesi's dullest subjects..discloses an irrepressible instinct for life.
▪ II. staffage
Sc. variant of staffish a. Obs.

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