单词 | textural |
释义 | texturaladj. a. Of or belonging to texture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > [adjective] > of or relating to texture textural1835 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 67/1 The textural properties of the two sets of vessels. 1854 C. H. Jones & E. H. Sieveking Man. Pathol. Anat. (1874) 23 The differences in textural quality, which fibrine often presents. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. iii. 33 Her skin had undergone a textural change. b. Painting: see texture n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > relief and texture > [adjective] > texture textural1859 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 229 The gem-like impasto and textural richness of the old masters. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Feb. 2/2 Never has the French master shown greater textural facility, power of expression, or frankness of colour. c. Music and Literary Criticism. See texture n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > texture textural1962 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > relating to texture of a work textural1962 1962 Listener 1 Nov. 735/3 Outward clarity of form, of rhythmic definition, and of textural contrasts, are the most striking features. 1963 Listener 3 Jan. 23/1 Joyce's Portrait of the Artist is characterized by organic form, both textural and structural. 1983 Listener 10 Feb. 35/4 There are no more than one and a half piano quartets whose great music does not produce textural insuperabilities for the players. Derivatives ˈtexturally adv. in or as regards texture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > [adverb] > by or in respect of texture texturally1866 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adverb] > texture texturally1866 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adverb] > texturally texturally1866 1866 Reader 19 May 500 The mare herself, with her beautiful foal, are all, to our eye, texturally perfect. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 22 The second class of crests—those consisting of texturally modified feathers. 1962 Listener 22 Nov. 885/1 The structurally and texturally elaborate String Quartet. 1976 Gramophone Mar. 1442/3 Missa Salisburgensis..is texturally complex, with its seven ‘choirs’ of voices and instruments spread over 54 staves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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