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单词 encaustic
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
en•caus•tic  (en kôstik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Fine Artpainted with wax colors fixed with heat, or with any process in which colors are burned in.

n. 
  1. Fine Arta work of art produced by an encaustic process.
  • Greek enkaustikós for burning in. See en-2, caustic
  • Latin encausticus
  • 1650–60
en•causti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
encaustic /ɪnˈkɒstɪk/ adj
  1. decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface
n
  1. the process of burning in colours
  2. a product of such a process
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein to burn in, from kaiein to burn

enˈcaustically adv
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