sculpture: [14] Latin sculpere meant ‘carve, scratch’ (it was a variant of scalpere, from which English gets scalpel [18]). From is past participle sculptus was formed the noun sculptūra, acquired by English as sculpture. The agent noun sculptor [17] also comes from Latin, while the verb sculpt [19] was borrowed from French sculpter. => scalpel
sculpture (n.)
late 14c., from Latin sculptura "sculpture," from past participle stem of sculpere "to carve, engrave," back-formation from compounds such as exculpere, from scalpere "to carve, cut," from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut, cleave" (see scale (n.1)).
雙語例句
1. He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.
他學(xué)習(xí)雕塑是因為他喜歡玩黏土。
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2. Many pieces of sculpture are dotted around the house.
多件雕塑作品散落在房子各處。
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3. His tour de force is an elephant sculpture.
他的精心之作是一件大象雕塑。
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4. Both studied sculpture.
兩人都學(xué)習(xí)雕刻。
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5. Nine windows looked out over the sculpture gardens.