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statuary

/stach-oo-er-ee/US // ˈstætʃ uˌɛr i //UK // (ˈstætjʊərɪ) //

雕像,塑像,雕塑,雕饰

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural stat·u·ar·ies.

    • : statues collectively.
    • : a group or collection of statues.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or suitable for statues.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Lawrence laments the forgotten Etruscan consciousness, as expressed in their tombs’ carvings and statuary.

  • Nowadays, you can buy statuary online at Wayfair, Amazon, through the Frontline catalogue, and in person at your favorite big box home store.

  • Besides his talent in statuary, Feuchres had a remarkable power of imitation, such as no actor was able to compass.

  • Mercury was worshipped under the name Criophorus, or the Ram-bearer, and was thus represented in painting and statuary.

  • There is a famous piece of statuary representing a hopeless Gaul killing his wife and then himself (Fig. 30).

  • It brings to our firesides books, paintings, and statuary, by which we learn something of the world as it is and as it was.

  • Indeed, the portraits compared with the originals are like Dresden china figures compared with Greek statuary.