trompe-d'œil

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of trompe d'œil: misconstruction of trompe-l’œil.

    The carefully exposed reflection of the fallen soldier in the retina of his shield, which is very much in agreement with the puerile stories of trompe-d’œil—like that of the ‘Grapes of Zeuxis’—which were the stock in trade of art critics like Pliny.