mural

adj. 墙壁的

n. 壁画；（美）壁饰

中文词源

mural 壁画

缩写自mural painting,壁画，来自拉丁语murus,墙，墙壁，来自PIE*mei,修建，巩固，防御工事，可能来自PIE*mo,辛劳，劳作，词源同mole,防洪堤，城墙，大型工事。

mural: mural: [16] The Latin for ‘wall’ was mūrus, derivatives of which have given English immure [16] and mural. It came from an earlier form moerus, to which was related moenia ‘walls’, source of the verb mūnīre ‘fortify, defend’. This has given English muniment ‘documentary proof of ownership, which ‘defends’ one’s right to something’ [15] and munition [16] (whence ammunition).
=> ammunition, immure, muniment, munition
mural (n.): painting on a wall, 1921, short for mural painting (1850), from mural (adj.) "pertaining to walls" (mid-15c.), from Latin muralis "of a wall," from murus "wall" (Old Latin moiros, moerus), from PIE *mei- "to fix; to build fences or fortifications" (cognates: Old English mære "boundary, border, landmark;" Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land;" Latin munire "to fortify, protect").

1、mur- + -al.2、含义：pertaining to walls; painting on a wall, short for mural painting.

1. Adult education is run in cooperation with the extra-mural departments of the universities.: 成人教育是和大学对外教学部合办的。

2. One of the walls enclosing the park is decorated with a huge mural showing Hollywood stars.: 公园的一堵围墙上装饰着好莱坞明星的巨幅壁画.

3. I took my first extra-mural course in 1948 in Coventry, even though I was working in Birmingham.: 1948年我在考文垂第一次上校外课，虽然当时我在伯明翰工作。

4. I am very much interested in the mural and rock paintings.: 我对壁画和岩画非常有兴趣.

5. Bihutang Mural is a new concept focusing on interior visual art.: 壁虎堂主题壁画是致力于视觉艺术的室内装饰概念.