英['iːzl]美['iːzl]
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画家绘画时把画板或蒙画布的框子斜放在画架上面，但意指“画架”的easel并不是因为画架使画家的工作舒适些（ease the work of the painter）而得名的。在17懂纪荷兰画家看来，画架好比一头役畜（beast of burden），所以他们就用荷兰语中表示“驴”的ezel一词称之。该词于17世纪进入英语，以后其拼法受ease（舒适）的影响逐渐演变为easel。16世纪是荷兰艺术的繁荣时期，和easel一同在17世纪从荷兰语进人英语的美术用语有landscape（风景厕）和lay figure（人体模型）等。用役畜来喻指画架也见于其它一些语言，如法语、意大利语和西班牙语都用原义为“小马”的词来指画架，它们分别是chevalet，cavaletto，cabellete。其实，英语在习惯上也常用役畜及其它动物名称来喻指用具，诸如clotheshorse（晾衣架），sawhorse（锯木架），crane（起重机），monkey wrench（活扳手），donkey engine（辅助发动机）。easel的词义还可引申为“黑板架”和“图表架”。
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If you're an artist, you probably use an easel, a stand that holds the canvas you're painting. If an art gallery displays your painting in the window on a solid gold easel, you’re making a splash in the art world!
An easel is a tripod, with three long legs that connect together at the top and spread out wide at the floor, for stability. Artists use easels to hold the canvas or paper they’re working on — not just to display finished works of art. If you travel to a scenic overlook, you might see an artist painting the view onto a canvas, propped up on an easel. Easels can display other things, too, like letters, posters, or signs.