1. the theory or practice in art of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they blend together
2. a style of painting in which a picture is formed from small dots of color
pointillist 例句
英汉例句
the book is composed, like a pointillist painting, of thousands of factual details. nothing is sacrificed to curtail its length; the only concession is to remove the footnotes from the text.