| 单词 | sgraffito |
| 释义 | sgraffito /skrah fee"toh/; It. /zgrddahf fee"taw/, n. , pl. sgraffiti /-tee/. 1. a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color. 2. an object, esp. pottery, decorated by this technique. Cf. graffito. [1720-30; < It, ptp. of sgraffire to do graffito work, deriv. of sgraffio a scratch, implement for drawing, itself deriv. of (s)graffiare to scratch, draw on plaster with a pointed tool; see EX1, GRAFFITO] |
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