| 单词 | ice sculpture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice sculpture ice sculpture n. (a) the action or process by which a glacier shapes a landscape; (b) a naturally occurring ice formation, esp. one which is pleasing or impressive in appearance (now rare); (c) the art of carving (esp. representational) forms in blocks of ice; a sculpture carved from ice. ΚΠ 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps Contents p. xv Ice Sculpture. 1871 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 376/2 The denuded portions of the mountains are open to careful study as to resultant forms and amount of ice sculpture. 1890 Isle of Man Times 11 Oct. 4/7 Dr. Haviland exhibited some..sketches, photographs, rubbings, and sections which he had taken of some remarkable ice sculptures at Craig Abermaw, in North Wales. 1907 Washington Post 7 Feb. 15/6 The ice sculptures are especially pretty, and the ice paintings have been highly praised. 1908 Mountaineer Nov. 92 Here we saw magnificent ice sculptures. High turrets and spires arose from the masses of clear ice. 1947 Life 12 May 95/1 Of all the arts few are more frustrating than ice sculpture. 1981 L. W. Price Mountains & Man (1986) v. 144/2 The features and forms created by ice sculpture are very different from those caused by running water. 2009 R. Moreno Nevada Curiosities i. 12 Some twenty chefs and sous-chefs were on hand to present the dishes, which were accented by giant ice sculptures. < as lemmas |
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