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burin

/byoor-in, bur-/US // ˈbyʊər ɪn, ˈbɜr- //UK // (ˈbjʊərɪn) //

毛刺,錾子,錾花,錾刻

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
    • : a similar tool used by marble workers.
    • : a prehistoric pointed or chisellike flint tool.

Examples

  • Meanwhile, residents of Bracha settlement attacked Burin village, throwing Molotov cocktails at Bashir al-Zein's home.

  • Nearly the last work of his burin was a portrait of Shakspeare, patronized by George Steevens.

  • It seems a draughtsman working with a burnt stick; and yet the burin of a Retzsch is not more expressive or exact.

  • The first is to plough into the metal with a sharp steel instrument called a burin.

  • The plates were intended to develop a new process of reproduction, but had to be finished by the burin.

  • Upon these occasions, Master Tobias, purple with wrath, brandished his burin and raved.