名詞 canvas:

1. a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
   同義詞：canvas fabric, canvass, canvass fabric
2. an oil painting on canvas fabric
   同義詞：canvass
3. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
   同義詞：canvass
4. a tent made of canvas fabric
   同義詞：canvas tent, canvass
5. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
   同義詞：sail, canvass, sheet
6. the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
   同義詞：canvass

動(dòng)詞 canvas:

1. solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
   同義詞：canvass
2. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
   同義詞：poll, canvass
3. cover with canvas
4. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   同義詞：analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass

1. Blobs of paint were dotted around the canvas.
   油畫布上滿是涂抹的顏料。
2. The painter stretched the canvas on a frame.
   畫家把油畫布緊繃在畫框上。
3. The hole was covered (over) with canvas.
   這個(gè)洞被帆布遮蓋住了。
4. Linoleum is made of canvas coated with linseed.
   油氈是由涂有亞麻油的帆布做成的。
5. The plumber stowed all his gear in a canvas bag.
   管子工把他所有的工具都裝進(jìn)一只帆布袋里。
6. The artist showed me his canvases.
   畫家給我看了他的油畫。

can.vas

n.（名詞）
A heavy, coarse, closely woven fabric of cotton, hemp, or flax, used for tents and sails.
帆布：一種厚重、粗糙、密織的棉、麻或亞麻織物，用來做帳篷或帆布

A piece of such fabric on which a painting, especially an oil painting, is executed.
畫布：一塊這樣的帆布織物，人們可在其上作畫，尤指油畫
A painting executed on such fabric.
油畫：畫在這種帆布織物上的畫
A fabric of coarse open weave, used as a foundation for needlework.
刺繡底布：一種粗糙的有間隙的織物，用來作裁縫中的襯里
The background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative:
背景：事件發(fā)生的背景，如在一段歷史敘述中的：
例句：
a grim portrait of despair against the bright canvas of the postwar economy.
在戰(zhàn)后經(jīng)濟(jì)生氣勃勃背景下襯托出絕望的灰暗描畫

Nautical A sail or set of sails.
【航?！?/i> 一面船帆，一套船帆

A tent or group of tents.
帳篷：帳篷或一組帳篷
A circus tent.
馬戲團(tuán)帳篷
Sports The floor of a ring in which boxing or wrestling takes place.
【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】 拳擊場(chǎng)，摔跤場(chǎng)：進(jìn)行拳擊或摔跤比賽的場(chǎng)地

<習(xí)慣用語>under canvas
Nautical With sails spread.
【航?！?/i> 揚(yáng)帆的
In a tent or tents.
露營(yíng)：在一個(gè)或多個(gè)帳篷里
來源：
Middle English canevas
中古英語 canevas
from Old French
源自 古法語
and from Medieval Latin canav3sium
并源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 canav3sium
both ultimately from Latin cannabis [hemp] * see cannabis
都最終源自 拉丁語 cannabis [大麻，大麻纖維] *參見 cannabis