assemblage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of assembling or bringing together. countable,uncountable
    — the assemblage of words and recordings
  2. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled. countable,uncountable
    — The tomb contained percussion, string and wind instruments in a remarkable state of preservation, including the largest assemblage of Bronze Age bells ever recovered. Discovered in 1977, near the city of Suizhou in Hubei Province in central China, the tomb, from the fifth century B.C., has long been considered "one of the most significant archeological discoveries of the 20th century," said Peter A. Young, editor in chief of the magazine.
  3. A gathering of people. countable,uncountable
    — But scarce was supper well over, before a change so incredible was wrought in me, such violent, yet pleasingly irksome sensations took possession of me that I scarce knew how to contain myself; the smart of the lashes was now converted into such a prickly heat, such fiery tinglings, as made me sigh, squeeze my thighs together, shift and wriggle about my seat, with a furious restlessness; whilst these itching ardours, thus excited in those parts on which the storm of discipline had principally fallen, detached legions of burning, subtile, stimulating spirits, to their opposite spot and centre of assemblage, where their titillation raged so furiously, that I was even stinging mad with them.
    Fanny Hill
  4. A group of different artifacts found in association with one another. countable,uncountable
  5. A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art. countable,uncountable

词形变化

assemblages plural

词汇关系

衍生词
assemblage point assemblage theory assemblagist faunal assemblage ichnoassemblage interassemblage of assemblage palynoassemblage reassemblage subassemblage superassemblage
相关词
collage

词源

Borrowed from French assemblage. By surface analysis, assemble + -age.
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