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单词 busto
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buston.

Brit. /ˈbʌstəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbəstoʊ/
Inflections: Plural bustos, bustoes.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian busto.
Etymology: < Italian busto bust n.2
Now rare.
= bust n.2 2a.In quot. 1626 perhaps: = bust n.2 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso
block1535
term1604
busto1626
torse1634
terminus1638
busty1684
bust1691
shoulder-piece1692
protome1737
torso1797
portrait bust1827
terminal1876
term figure1880
1626 Sir T. Roe Let. Nov. in C. A. M. Fennell tr. A. Michaelis Anc. Marbles Great Brit. (1882) I. 199 I have foure bustoes, and some heades and peices collected in Asya and Paris.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 168 The statues, or bustos of three or four of the Great Dukes, in Porphyry.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 117 An handsome ancient busto (as called at Rome) of Augustus—that is, the head and shoulders—in brass.
1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) II. 135 A fine Busto of Dr. Harvey.
1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. v. 20 It is ornamented with pictures..statues, bustoes, bronzes.
1803 H. K. White My Study in Clifton Grove 77 Nor think it ought of a misnomer To christen Chaucer's busto Homer.
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. iii. 64 Bustos, pictures, and prints cut in brass.
1971 D. Davie in Atlantis Nov. 40 Nollekens had little sense Of decency, yet could dispense With it, to mould a busto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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