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单词 bas-relief
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bas-relief

(bɑːrɪliːf, bæs-)
Word forms: plural bas-reliefs
1. uncountable noun
Bas-relief is a technique of sculpture in which shapes are carved so that they stand out from the background.
...a classic white bas-relief design.
2. countable noun
A bas-relief is a sculpture carved on a surface so that it stands out from the background.
...columns decorated with bas-reliefs.

bas-relief in British English

(ˌbɑːrɪˈliːf, ˌbæs-, ˈbɑːrɪˌliːf, ˈbæs-) or bass-relief (ˌbeɪsrɪˈliːf)
noun
sculpture in low relief, in which the forms project slightly from the background but no part is completely detached from it
Also called (Italian): basso rilievo
Word origin
C17: from French, from Italian basso rilievo low relief; see base2, relief

bas-relief in American English

(ˌbɑrɪˈlif; ˌ bæsrɪˈlif)
noun
sculpture in which figures are carved in a flat surface so that they project only a little from the background
Word origin
Fr < It basso-rilievo: see basso & relief

Examples of 'bas-relief' in a sentence
bas-relief

A full-size, bas-relief locomotive, driven by skeletons, appearing to burst from a tunnel.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)
Round her neck hung a pendant of reddish gold, ornamented with roses in bas-relief.
Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2001)
She crouched opposite him, on the far side of the little lamp, under the bas-relief of Sobek and Isis.
Silverberg, Robert THEBES OF THE HUNDRED GATES (2001)
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