英语词汇“lay figure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lay figure

/leɪˈfɪɡə

noun

A dummy or jointed manikin of a human body used by artists, especially for arranging drapery on.Articulated wooden lay figures of the kinds sold by artists' suppliers were used for the bodies....

The monastic painter of course could not do otherwise, unless he used a lay figure (an articulated model).
A number of examples survive from the eighteenth century, including the articulated lay figure used by the sculptor Louis-François Roubiliac, which is in the Museum of London collections.

Origin

Late 18th century: from obsolete layman, from Dutch leeman, from obsolete led, earlier form of lid 'joint'.

单词	lay figure
释义	lay figure /leɪˈfɪɡə / noun A dummy or jointed manikin of a human body used by artists, especially for arranging drapery on.Articulated wooden lay figures of the kinds sold by artists' suppliers were used for the bodies.... The monastic painter of course could not do otherwise, unless he used a lay figure (an articulated model). A number of examples survive from the eighteenth century, including the articulated lay figure used by the sculptor Louis-François Roubiliac, which is in the Museum of London collections. Origin Late 18th century: from obsolete layman, from Dutch leeman, from obsolete led, earlier form of lid 'joint'.
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