| 单词 | molding |
| 释义 | molding (once / 5890 pages) n WORD FAMILY molding: moldings+/mold: moldable, molded, molding, molds, moldy, remold/moldy: moldier, moldiest, moldiness/remold: remolded, remolding, remolds USAGE EXAMPLESShe played with a piece of clay, molding it into a flower between her stump and hand. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) Budenholzer was the toast of the league in 2014-15, molding the Hawks into a cohesive unit that was greater than its individual parts. Washington Times(Dec 06, 2016) There had been broken windows, dishes molding in the sink, baby blankets scattered across the living room and clean diapers lying on the floor. Washington Post(Nov 27, 2016) 1n the act of creating something by casting it in a mold Syn|Hyper casting creating from raw materials the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it 2n sculpture produced by molding Syn|Hyper clay sculpture, modeling, mold, mould, moulding sculpture a three-dimensional work of plastic art 3n a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied Syn|Hyper modeling, modelling, moulding carving, sculpture creating figures or designs in three dimensions 4n a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge Syn|Hyper border, moulding edge the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something 5n a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing Syn|Hypo|Hyper moulding annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column architravethe molding around a door or window baseboard, mopboard, skirting boarda molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor astragal, bead, beading, beadworka beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture cavettoa concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section conge, congee(architecture) a concave molding cornicea molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall cyma, cymatium(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) egg-and-anchor, egg-and-dart, egg-and-tonguea decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape gorgerin, neckingthe molding at the top of a column ovolo, quarter round, thumba convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse quirk molding, quirk mouldinga molding having a small groove in it riba projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural subbasethe lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard surbasethe molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall) tore, toruscommonly the lowest molding at the base of a column cyma rectaa cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex echinusovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column cyma reversa, ogeea molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below bead and quirk, quirk beadbeading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates decoration, ornament, ornamentation something used to beautify |
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