新托福iBT词汇分类突破 – Unit 031

by 李笑来 on 2009/12/08

Sculpture (from Latin, "to carve"), three-dimensional art concerned with the organization of masses and volumes. The two principal types have traditionally been freestanding sculpture in the round and relief sculpture.

  • sculpture [ˈskʌlptʃə] n.雕刻
  • mass [mæs] n.质量
  • volume [ˈvɔlju:m] n.体积
  • principal [ˈprinsəpəl] adj.主要的
  • freestanding [ˈfri:ˌstændiŋ] adj.(雕刻、建筑物等)独立的,自力撑持的
  • in the round [in - ðə - raund] adj.雕刻成立体(的),栩栩如生的,表现无余的
  • relief [riˈli:f] n.浮雕