1630s, from Latin sculptor "one who cuts or carves," agent noun from sculpt-, past participle stem of sculpere "to carve" (see sculpture). Fem. form sculptress attested from 1660s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.
那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一個(gè)球狀.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. A sculptor forms her material.
雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. I know a sculptor who swaps her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist.
5. The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four - fifths that of a grain of rice.