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the avant-garde

noun
🔊/ði ˌævɒ̃ ˈɡɑːd/
🔊/ði ˌævɑ̃ː ˈɡɑːrd/
 (from French)
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  1. [singular] new and very modern ideas in art, music or literature that are sometimes surprising or shock people（艺术、音乐或文学方面的）前卫派思想
    • The theatre shows a lot of avant-garde work.这座剧院上演了许多前卫派作品。
    Topics Artc2
  2. [singular + singular or plural verb] a group of artists, etc. who introduce new and very modern ideas前卫派（艺术家等）
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the vanguard of an army): from French, literally ‘vanguard’. Current senses date from the early 20th cent.