| 单词 | tomb figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmastomb figure tomb figure n. (a) a representation of a person used to mark or adorn a tomb; esp. = tomb effigy n.; (b) (chiefly Archaeology) a statue of a person or animal forming part of the grave goods buried with an individual. ΚΠ 1853 Jrnl. Sacred Lit. Jan. 295 In their civilian costume, apparently that given in the Temah'u tomb-figures, they wore, not their own hair, but a kind of wig-like head-gear. 1882 Builder 1 July 3/1 In the Mediaeval period, the tomb-figures are always represented recumbent and generally as if to convey the idea of sleep. 1925 B. Rackham in R. Fry et al. Chinese Art 13 In his wonderful tomb figures..we come to the very border-line of sculpture. 1942 Metropol. Museum Art Bull. 1 49/2 Four recumbent tomb figures. 2012 Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune (Nexis) 23 Aug. e30 A small goat figurine from 220 BCE..was a tomb figure, placed with human remains to help carry the spirit to the next world. < as lemmas |
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