1 [U] the activity or skill of producing things such as paintings, designs, etc; the objects that are produced 美术；艺术；艺术作品: an art class 美术班modern art 现代艺术I've never been good at art. 我的美术从来不行。 ☞Look at work of art. 参看 work of art。

2 [U] a skill or sth that needs skill 技术；技巧: There's an art to writing a good letter. 写好一封信是要有技巧的。

3 the arts [pl] activities which involve creating things such as paintings, literature or music 文艺

4 arts [pl] subjects such as history or languages that you study at school or university 文科 ☞Compare sciences. 与sciences比较。