英语词汇“sculpture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

sculp·ture

(skŭlpchər)

1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.

a. A work of art created by sculpture.

b. Such works of art considered as a group.

3. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.

v. sculp·tured, sculp·tur·ing, sculp·tures

v.tr.

1. To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure.

2. To represent in sculpture: sculpture a lion.

3. To ornament with sculpture.

4. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion.

v.intr.

To make sculptures or a sculpture.

[Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

sculptur·al adj.

sculptur·al·ly adv.

单词	sculpture
释义	sculp·ture (skŭlpchər) n. 1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal. 2. a. A work of art created by sculpture. b. Such works of art considered as a group. 3. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes. v. sculp·tured, sculp·tur·ing, sculp·tures v.tr. 1. To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure. 2. To represent in sculpture: sculpture a lion. 3. To ornament with sculpture. 4. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion. v.intr. To make sculptures or a sculpture. [Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] sculptur·al adj. sculptur·al·ly adv.
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