| 单词 | sculpt |
| 释义 | sculpt (once / 297 pages) v To sculpt is to shape or carve a figure out of a moldable or hard material. You could sculpt a figure of your mom's cat or you could sculpt your biceps by lifting weights. Artists who sculpt are called sculptors, and the work of art they make is called a sculpture. You can sculpt out of wood or stone, by carving, or sculpt clay by molding and shaping. You can sculpt metal by heating it and pouring it into molds, or by welding pieces of it together. It's even possible to sculpt with balloons, twisting them into complicated structures or figures. WORD FAMILYsculpt: sculpted, sculpting, sculptor, sculpts, sculpture+/sculptor: sculptors/sculptural: sculpturally/sculpture: sculptural, sculptured, sculpturer, sculptures, sculpturesque, sculpturing/sculpturesque: sculpturesquely USAGE EXAMPLES“The peacefulness inspired him to sculpt ‘The Way’.” Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) Even more disturbing, some of these genes are involved in sculpting a developing embryo. Science Magazine(Dec 23, 2016) Or perhaps not, because his sculpting of the countryside seems so artless that it is often unnoticed. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1v create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material sculpt a swan out of a block of ice Syn|Hyper sculpture grave, sculpture shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work make something, usually for a specific function 2v shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband Syn|Hyper grave, sculpture sculpture create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material carve form by carving |
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