| 单词 | carving |
| 释义 | carving (once / 1039 pages) n WORD FAMILY carving: carvings+/carve: carved, carver, carves, carving/carved: uncarved/carver: carvers USAGE EXAMPLESWealthy businessmen and officials were purchasing elaborate carvings as luxurious gifts or, in some cases, bribes. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) China will shut down domestic ivory carving workshops and factories by April. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Noah Schrock, 16, said he is “big into woodworking and carving,” so he likes being able to work on an art project in this medium. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape Hypo|Hyper cinquefoil an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle glyptic art, glyptographycarvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) scrimshawa carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers vermiculationa decoration consisting of wormlike carvings woodcarvinga carving created by carving wood anaglyphanything carved in low relief glyphglyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief glyptics, lithoglypticsthe art of engraving on precious stones diaglyph, intaglioglyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) sculpture a three-dimensional work of plastic art 2n removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape Syn|Hypo|Hyper cutting petroglyph a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people) truncationthe replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces) creating by removal the act of creating by removing something 3n creating figures or designs in three dimensions Syn|Hypo|Hyper sculpture modeling, modelling, molding, moulding a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied art, artistic creation, artistic production the creation of beautiful or significant things beaux arts, fine artsthe study and creation of visual works of art |
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