| 释义 |
‖ terre cuite|tɛr kɥit|
[Fr., lit. ‘baked (cooked) earth’.]
= terra-cotta 1.
1869C. Schreiber Jrnl. 14 Oct. (1911) I. 53 We were charmed with four ancient costume pictures of fêtes..and five terre cuites portraits by J. R. Nini. 1870Ibid. 26 Feb. 76 One of the dealers..took us to her private house to show us some terre cuites. 1882‘Ouida’ Bimbi 55 The terres cuites of Blasius date from 1560. 1926R. Firbank Concerning Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli v. 57 A voluptuous small terre cuite, depicting a pair of hermaphrodites amusing themselves. 1951N. Mitford Blessing i. xi. 113 Once you fall into Louis XV you are immediately in the domain of restored terre cuite and broken china. |