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stonework

/stohn-wurk/US // ˈstoʊnˌwɜrk //UK // (ˈstəʊnˌwɜːk) //

石工,石材工程,石器工程,石材作业

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
    • : the techniques, processes, work, or art of dressing, setting, or designing in stone.
    • : Usually stoneworks. a place where stone is dressed, as for building.

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Examples

  • It is a common practice in erecting buildings with a facing of Kentish rag rubble to back up the stonework with bricks.

  • The name "brick-ashlar" is given to walls faced with ashlar stonework backed in with brickwork.

  • In one place part of the stonework of the graves stretches out over the sandy pathway far below.

  • At the foot of these trees water, blue as indigo on wash day, lashed itself into a white fury against the stonework of the pier.

  • The stonework is now of a greenish-grey tone, but in the shadows there is generally a look of blue.