staffage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The people and animals represented in a landscape painting. uncountable,usually
    — Some tourists aggravate their position by hiring a guide. Every city of any historic importance breeds a class of mortals that are born guides; they have come to belong to the "staffage" of picturesque surroundings; and in this respect Prague is happily yet unspoilt.

词形变化

staffages plural

词源

Borrowed from German Staffage. By surface analysis, staff + -age.
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