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