pompier
/ˈpɒmpɪə(r)/noun
(读音复同单)
- an artist regarded as painting in an academic, imitative, and vulgarly neoclassical style(以学院派, 模仿和庸俗新古典风格作画的)平庸艺术家。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, literally 'fireman', said to derive from the similarity between firemen's helmets and those worn by the Greek gods and heroes depicted by late Classical artists.