1 [U] the activity or skill of producing things such as paintings, designs, etc; the objects that are produced 美术;艺术;艺术作品:
an art class美术班modern art现代艺术I've never been good at art.我的美术从来不行。☞Look at work of art. 参看 work of art。
2 [U] a skill or sth that needs skill 技术;技巧:
There's an art to writing a good letter.写好一封信是要有技巧的。
3the arts [pl] activities which involve creating things such as paintings, literature or music 文艺
4arts [pl] subjects such as history or languages that you study at school or university 文科
☞Compare sciences. 与sciences比较。
We usually contrast arts (or arts subjects) with sciences (or science subjects). 文科 (arts) 或文科科目 (arts subjects) 通常相对于理科 (sciences) 或理科科目 (science subjects) 而言。
art/ɑrt; ɑːt/n 1 [U] the activity or skill of producing paintings, photographs etc, or paintings etc that are produced using this skill 艺术﹐美术﹔艺术作品: He's very good at art. 他擅长美术。modern/contemporary art 现代/当代艺术lovers of fine art (=paintings etc that are considered to be very high quality) 热爱艺术的人important works of art 重要的艺术品THESAURUS 同类词painting 油画, drawing 素描画, photography 摄影, sculpture (=the art of making objects out of stone, wood, clay) 雕塑, ceramics (=the art of making pots, plates etc from clay) 制陶艺术artist 艺术家, painter 画家, photographer 摄影师, sculptor 雕塑家, potter 陶工2 the arts [plural 复数] art, music, theatre, film, literature etc all considered together 艺术〔统称〕: Government funding for the arts has been reduced. 政府对艺术的资助减少了。3 arts also 又作 the arts [plural 复数] subjects you can study that are not scientific, for example history, languages etc 人文学科﹐文科see box at见 UNIVERSITY 方框4 [C,U] the skill involved in making or doing something 技艺﹔技术﹔技巧: +of the art of writing 写作技巧CLIP ART, MARTIAL ART, PERFORMING ARTS
artartartsnoun1(no plural) making beautiful things, like paintings and drawings: He's studying art at college.2(no plural) beautiful things like paintings and drawings that somebody has made: modern artan art gallery3the arts (plural) things like films, plays and literature: How much money does the government spend on the arts?4(no plural) a skill, or something that needs skill: the art of letter writing5arts (plural) the subjects you can study at school or university which are not science subjects, for example history or languages: She has an arts degree.