单词 | figurine |
释义 | figurine From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Daily life Artsfigurinefig‧u‧rine /ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn, ˈfiɡjəriːn $ ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn/ noun [countable]ADa small model of a person or animal used as a decorationExamples from the Corpusfigurine• Among the items scientists have unearthed are four-inch clay figurines depicting men wearing hip and shoulder pads.• In 1904, a church was erected around the fragile figurine.• As was the case at Qawrighul, wooden human figurines were also found.• Alarmed, she had hurried to it, to notice immediately that a small jade figurine was missing.• Carvings of figurines continue to be found, and also monumental statues.• This head once formed part of a small figurine carved from mammoth ivory.• The figurines come from a number of important sites around the island, some excavated in the 1960s by Professor Christos Doumas.• Remember that these figurines were often painted with red ochre.Origin figurine (1800-1900) French Italian figurina, from Latin figura; → FIGURE1 |
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