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单词 sculptor
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sculptor1

noun ˈskʌlptəˈskəlptər
  • An artist who makes sculptures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The stories of human dependence on plants was worked into the shaping of the site with the help of artists and sculptors.
    • Some were painters or sculptors, others had a more craftsmanship background as mask or puppet makers.
    • The workshop participants became spectators as the two sculptors began crafting 24-inch figures in clay from a model.
    • Some of you will be sculptors, others sketchers, others explorers of new forms of art.
    • Every year it brings together an eclectic artistic mix of professionals and amateurs, traditional and avant-garde, young and old, British and international, sculptors, painters, architects, printmakers.
    • By this time the membership stood at about 90, embracing painters and sculptors of every persuasion.
    • Rock reliefs carved by the sculptors of the Assyrian kings mark the terrain across the northern Iraqi countryside.
    • Italian architects and sculptors were imported, including Bartolommeo Berecci and Giovanni Maria Padovano.
    • For over a century, according to legend, generations of sculptors expressed their ingenuity, skills, and religious consciousness.
    Synonyms
    carver, modeller

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, from sculpt- 'hollowed out', from the verb sculpere.

Sculptor2

proper nounˈskʌlptəˈskəlptər
Astronomy
  • 1A faint southern constellation (the Sculptor or Sculptor's Workshop), between Grus and Cetus.

    1. 1.1as genitive Sculptoris /-ˈtɔːrɪs/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Sculptor.
      the star Delta Sculptoris

Origin

Latin.

 
 

sculptor1

nounˈskəlptərˈskəlptər
  • An artist who makes sculptures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some of you will be sculptors, others sketchers, others explorers of new forms of art.
    • Rock reliefs carved by the sculptors of the Assyrian kings mark the terrain across the northern Iraqi countryside.
    • Some were painters or sculptors, others had a more craftsmanship background as mask or puppet makers.
    • For over a century, according to legend, generations of sculptors expressed their ingenuity, skills, and religious consciousness.
    • Every year it brings together an eclectic artistic mix of professionals and amateurs, traditional and avant-garde, young and old, British and international, sculptors, painters, architects, printmakers.
    • By this time the membership stood at about 90, embracing painters and sculptors of every persuasion.
    • The stories of human dependence on plants was worked into the shaping of the site with the help of artists and sculptors.
    • Italian architects and sculptors were imported, including Bartolommeo Berecci and Giovanni Maria Padovano.
    • The workshop participants became spectators as the two sculptors began crafting 24-inch figures in clay from a model.
    Synonyms
    carver, modeller

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, from sculpt- ‘hollowed out’, from the verb sculpere.

Sculptor2

proper nounˈskəlptərˈskəlptər
Astronomy
  • 1A faint southern constellation (the Sculptor or Sculptor's Workshop), between Grus and Cetus.

    1. 1.1as genitive Sculptoris /skəlpˈtôris/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Sculptor.
      the star Delta Sculptoris

Origin

Latin.

 
 
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