| 单词 | sculpted |
| 释义 | sculpted (once / 24122 pages) adj If something is sculpted, it's carved or modeled into a deliberate shape. An artist might make a sculpted statue of a Greek god. You can use the adjective sculpted to describe anything that's been shaped into a specific form, whether it's a sculptor's block of clay or a wood carver's tree trunk, sculpted into the shape of a lighthouse. People use the word to describe human bodies, too — your brother might go to the gym every day with the hope of getting sculpted abdominal muscles, for example. The Latin root sculpt means "to carve." WORD FAMILYsculpt: sculpted, sculpting, sculptor, sculpts, sculpture+/sculptor: sculptors/sculptural: sculpturally/sculpture: sculptural, sculptured, sculpturer, sculptures, sculpturesque, sculpturing/sculpturesque: sculpturesquely USAGE EXAMPLESThe Huskies’ 41-10 victory on Friday night at Levi’s Stadium was sculpted by a ferocious defense and a sturdy run game. Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) He gained renown for dramatic depictions of the human form sculpted without the use of models. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Suddenly it has crossed rocks, poured through valleys, sculpted green banks, jumped through waterfalls, wet the feet of women washing their family's clothes. BBC(Nov 27, 2016) adj cut into a desired shape Syn graven, sculptured carved, carven made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary) |
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