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etching

/ech-ing/US // ˈɛtʃ ɪŋ //UK // (ˈɛtʃɪŋ) //

蚀刻,蚀刻画,蚀刻术,蚀刻工艺

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
    • : an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.
    • : the design so produced.
    • : a metal plate bearing such a design.

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Examples

  • One pair, possibly a set of self-portraits, features the same etching in both, but with curved shapes in four bright colors atop the second one.

  • The realistic depictions are etchings, while the simpler, more colorful pictures are monoprints.

  • The etching or scratch-like marks you see are caused by a failure of a low-e coating that was applied to the glass, Weaver said.

  • The two swing-out windows in the kitchen appear to have some etching or scratching that has gotten worse.

  • Apply window treatments such as etching and inexpensive sticker grids.

  • He had customized his new gun by etching in the words “better off this way” and “my ELF weapon.”

  • Celluloid is to Dean what oil paint is to Titian or etching to Whistler.

  • Stranger still, artist Mark Evans originally created the leather etching for Campbell herself, to benefit her own charity.

  • The Pablo Picasso etching had stalled at a bid of $5,400, barely above its low estimate.

  • That day, I walked by the Vietnam Memorial and people were etching names on to front pages of newspapers.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • The two walked along under the trees, which cast etching-like shadows in the broad moonlight, and neither talked much.

  • The edge of the tray or plate may be decorated either by piercing, embossing, etching, or enameling.

  • Its drooping knotted threads also make a pretty etching upon the winter snow.

  • It is advantageous to repeat the mopping-on process at intervals during the etching.