新闻热词：鼻烟壶
女王80大寿？您一定会说，英国女王伊丽莎白二世不是在4月21日刚刚过完生日吗？原来，英国女王有两个“生日”，4月份那个是她的80岁诞辰，而6月17日这个则是她的官方生日。为此，英国华夏文化协会为女王准备了一件特殊礼物——一个绘有女王肖像的中国鼻烟壶，由中国内画大师张增楼花数月制作而成。
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portrait of the queen on the front | three Chinese characters of "Kang Er Shou" on the back |
When the whole Britain is looking forward to the official celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday, a snuff bottle with the Queen's portrait painted on its inside by a Chinese artist was presented here on Wednesday as a special gift.
The bottle portrait was done by Zhang Zenglou, one of the most prominent artists specializing in snuff bottle painting, known as inside-painting.
报道中的snuff bottle就是闻名于世的工艺制品“鼻烟壶”。Snuff原指用力“吸气”，可引申为“（吸）鼻烟”，如：My father used to take snuff.（我父亲过去常吸鼻烟。）另外，若snuff和介词out连用，常常用来指代“死去”、“扼杀”，例如：Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out. （贪心的继承人只待着老头断气。）
Snuff bottle（鼻烟壶）是工艺制品中的一朵奇葩，它将玉石、水晶、玛瑙、瓷等与绘画和书法艺术结合，被雅士们视为珍贵文玩。据传，鼻烟的原料是优质烟草，它最初被印第安人视为神圣的祭品。1492年，哥伦比亚发现新大陆后，烟草和鼻烟开始在世界各地传播。鼻烟壶最早由意大利教士利玛窦带入中国，而中国自制鼻烟壶则始于清朝初年。
请看一个例句：Snuff bottle is a traditional Chinese folk craft，which first appeared in China in the mid17th century. What makes a snuff bottle special is not its practical use but that it is painted on the inside.（鼻烟壶是中国传统民间工艺品，最早出现在17世纪中期。鼻烟壶的价值不在于其用途，而在于其内画艺术。）
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