of or belonging to the avant-garde of a specified field
avant-
/ˈævɒŋ/
combining form
(especially with reference to popular music) original or innovative; avant-garde
（尤用于指流行音乐）表示“原创的”, “前卫的”：
even in avant-rock, a song's words are usually its focus.
即使在前卫摇滚中, 歌词也通常是一首歌曲的核心。
‖ avant-|əˈvɑːnt, -æ-, avɑ̃|[F. avant before, cogn. with Pr.avant, It.avanti:—L. abante, f.ab from + ante before. See avaunt. The t, which was pronounced in OF., was retained much longer in English. In words in early use ava(u)nt was worn down to vant-, van-, and sometimes to vaw-, va-.]In a few combinations, partly French, partly hybrid; as † avantalour[AFr.], one who goes before; † avant-darter, transl. L. antepīlānus; avant-fossé[Fr.], the ditch on the outer side of a counterscarp, dug at the foot of the glacis; avant-peach[F. avant-pêche], an early variety of peach. See also avant-brace, -courier, etc.1601Tate Househ.Ord.Ed. II, §90 Their shalbe a foregoer [F. avantalour] in the kinges houshold..No man shalbe avant alour who hath forjured the Court.1600Holland Livy viii. viii. 286 This battaillon..they called Antepilani (avant-darters).1611Cotgr., Avant-pesche, th' Auant-peach or hastie peach.1719London & Wise Compl.Gard. 283 The Avant Peaches, or Forward Peaches.
avant-/ˈavɒ̃:/combining form. L20.
ORIGIN:Frenchavant forward, before, after avant-garde.
Esp. with reference to popular music: innovative, avant-garde.
Time Out New YorkThis classically trained vocalist can rock out as a wailing avant-pop angel.