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carton-pierre

/French kar-tawn-pyer/US // French kar tɔ̃ˈpyɛr //

卡尔顿-皮埃尔(Carton-Pierre)

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.

Examples

  • Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.

  • As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!

  • And at $29.99, lighting up all sense of parental dignity and responsibility costs less than a carton of actual cigarettes.

  • Obstinate Pierre refuses to care about anything, even when a passing lion threatens to eat him.

  • Consumed and eventually disgorged, Pierre is restored to his loving parents, his ennui banished.

  • Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.

  • Cette pierre possède la propriété de se reduire en fibres perpendiculairement à sa longueur sous un effort très faible.

  • From his earliest youth Pierre Franois, handsome and long-limbed, hot-blooded and vain, thirsted after adventure.

  • His mother was soon able to report to Fanny that Pierre is behaving better and learns willingly with his new teacher.

  • A month later he saved the whole army at the Col de Pierre troite.