easel

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈiː.z(ə)l/    美 /ˈi.zəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.
    — Chevalet, (chaſſis de bois ſur lequel les Peintres poſent leurs Tableaux quand ils travaillent) a Painter's Eaſel.

词形变化

easels plural

词源

Borrowed from Dutch ezel (“donkey; easel”), from Middle Dutch esel (“donkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus (“young ass or small donkey”), diminutive of asinus (“ass, donkey”), ultimately from an unknown source in Asia Minor. Essentially, the stand that a painting is placed on is being likened to a donkey carrying a burden; compare horse (“a frame with legs used to support something”), as in clotheshorse and sawhorse.
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