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topiary

/toh-pee-er-ee/US // ˈtoʊ piˌɛr i //UK // (ˈtəʊpɪərɪ) //

拓荒者,拓片,拓印,拓荒

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
    • : of or relating to such trimming.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural to·pi·ar·ies.

    • : topiary work; the topiary art.
    • : a garden containing such work.

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Examples

  • He took meeting after meeting with giddy Hollywood executives and pitched them his followup—a sci-fi epic called A Topiary.

  • He cross-breeds a rocking horse and rocking dinosaur, and then realizes the hybrid as a house-high topiary.

  • Real name Hector Monsegur, he helped the FBI level charges on U.K.-based team members Topiary and Kayla.

  • One of them was Topiary, an alleged leader of the LulzSec group.

  • Brazil, the home of facelifts, Gisele Bündchen, and pubic topiary—clearly they know beauty.

  • These topiary hedges were known to the Romans, with whom the topiarius was the ornamental gardener.

  • The basin which formerly occupied the centre was replaced some years ago by a block of yew surmounted by topiary figures.

  • She had glimpses of unkempt grass paths and unclipped topiary work which had lost its original form.

  • Rapin was a great admirer of box and all topiary works, or trees cut into artificial forms.

  • There is a quaint charm in the results of the topiary art, in the prim imagery of evergreens, that all ages have felt.