pointillism

n. 点彩画法

形容词:pointillist 

poin.til.lism

n.（名词）
A postimpressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 9th-century France, characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes.
分色主义；点描派：后期印象主义绘画，以9世纪后期法国的乔治·修拉和他的同好为典范，特征为运用颜料以小点或涂绘方式构成画面

来源：
French pointillisme
法语 pointillisme
from pointiller [to paint small dots, stipple]
源自 pointiller [画小点，点画]
from Old French *pointille [engraved with small dots]
源自 古法语 *pointille [刻有小点的]
from point [point]
源自 point [点]
from Latin pônctum [from neuter past participle of] pungere [to prick] * see peuk-
源自 拉丁语 pônctum [] 源自pungere的中性过去分词 [刺，戳] *参见 peuk-

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poin.tillist
adj.（形容词）
n.（名词）