释义 |
zoographic, a.|zəʊəʊˈgræfɪk| [f. zoography + -ic.] Describing or representing animals; relating to zoography. So zooˈgraphical a.; hence zooˈgraphically adv., in relation to zoography.
1741Warburton Div. Legat. II. iv. iv. 111 A new Species of *Zoographic Writing, called by the Ancients Symbolic. 1870Ruskin Aratra Pent. iv. §110 Both arts [sc. painting and sculpture]..so far as they are zoo-graphic;—representative, that is to say, of animal life. 1881Academy 17 Sept. 224 He it was, and not Polygnotos, whose lifelike figures earned him a similar zoographic reputation to that of Giotto.
1651H. More Second Lash in Enthus. Tri., etc. (1656) 194 My censure on this rare *Zoographicall piece.
1887Athenæum 6 Aug. 171/3 *Zoographically the fauna and flora of this archipelago appear to have their affinities with those of the Philippine Islands. |