tableau
/ˈtæbləʊ/noun
(pl. tableaux /-bləʊ(z)/)
- a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant(由一群模特儿或静止不动的人扮演的故事或历史中的)画面, 场景; 活人造型。
词源
late 17th cent. (in the sense 'picture', figuratively 'picturesque description'): from French, literally 'picture', diminutive of table (see TABLE).