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单词 sculpt
释义

sculpt

[ skuhlpt ]
/ skʌlpt /
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verb (used with or without object)

Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.
to form, shape, or manipulate, as in the manner of sculpture: Her hair was sculpted by a leading hairdresser.

Origin of sculpt

1860–65; <French sculpter<Latin sculpt- (past participle stem of sculpere to carve); or as back formation from sculptor

OTHER WORDS FROM sculpt

re·sculpt, verb (used with object)

Words nearby sculpt

scullion, sculp, sculpin, sculping, sculpsit, sculpt, sculptor, Sculptor's Tool, sculptress, sculpture, sculptured
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Example sentences from the Web for sculpt

  • A former Miss Argentina died while having plastic surgery to sculpt her buttocks.

    I Want a Bigger Butt|Stanley Crouch|December 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
  • I have been looking at Theodore; do you know, he has a good head to sculpt.

    The Woman Who Vowed|Ellison Harding
  • I'm here to read the proof-sheets of my hanbils as fast as they're sculpt.

    The Complete Works of Artemus Ward|Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)

British Dictionary definitions for sculpt

sculpt
/ (skʌlpt) /

verb

a variant of sculpture (def. 5), sculpture (def. 6), sculpture (def. 7), sculpture (def. 8)
(intr) to practise sculpture
Also called (formerly): sculp

Word Origin for sculpt

C19: from French sculpter, from Latin sculpere to carve
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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