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单词 suiseki
释义

suisekin.

Brit. /ˌsuːɪˈsɛki/, U.S. /ˌsuiˈsɛki/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– sui-seki, 1900s– suiseki.
Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese suiseki.
Etymology: < Japanese suiseki (9th cent. with reference to features in a landscaped garden; 1604 as suixeqi in supplement to Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam, glossed as ‘water and stone’) < sui- water ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese shuǐ : see feng shui n.) + -seki stone, stones collectively ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese shí).
The Japanese art of displaying an aesthetically pleasing stone on a stand or tray; a stone displayed in this way.Suiseki are typically chosen for their resemblance to an object, animal, or feature of the landscape.
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1929 Encycl. Brit. III. 855/2 Some stones are placed on a tray with low-growing grass or bamboo... Another way of enjoying them, which has been for centuries and is still popular among the Japanese, is known as sui-seki... A natural stone of desirable shape is placed in a porcelain or bronze tray or dish with sand and water.
1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Dec. 7/2 Very short sections [of a yew log], an inch or two in thickness, could be used as bases for viewing stones after the Japanese suiseki fashion... The art of suiseki is popular in Japan.
1976 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. 24 As with all suiseki, the stones must be as found in nature, though they may be cleaned with a soft cloth or brush. However, they are never polished or sculpted.
1996 L. Grant Lethal Genes i. 10 I'm very fond of my suiseki. It's the top third of a rock that came from the bed of the Tuolumne River.
2001 C. Coussins Totally Bonsai i. 11 Many bonsai enthusiasts also collect suiseki and enjoy going out to the mountains and beaches looking for landscape and object stones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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