When you sculpt, you take stone, wood, clay, ice, or something like that and slowly make it into a shape — a face, an animal, a figure. You cut, press, and smooth until the shape is there. That is the home meaning: an artist's hands and tools.

When you sculpt當你sculpt的時候，you take stone, wood, clay, ice, or something like that你會拿石頭、木頭、黏土、冰之類的材料，and slowly make it into a shape然後慢慢把它做成一個形狀——a face一張臉、an animal一隻動物、a figure一個人像。You cut, press, and smooth你切、壓、磨平，until the shape is there直到那個形狀出現為止。That is the home meaning這是它最基本的意思：an artist's hands and tools藝術家的雙手和工具。

Though actually, people stretch it a lot. In the gym, you sculpt your arms or stomach, meaning you train until the shape looks clear and strong. A hairdresser may sculpt a haircut; a cook may sculpt food.

Though actually不過，people stretch it a lot大家把這個字延伸用得很廣。In the gym在健身房裡，you sculpt your arms or stomach你會sculpt你的手臂或肚子，meaning you train until the shape looks clear and strong意思是你一直訓練，直到線條看起來清楚又結實。A hairdresser may sculpt a haircut髮型師可能會sculpt一個髮型；a cook may sculpt food廚師可能會sculpt食物的造型。

It still means “give a careful shape,” not just “make.” Sculpt is mostly the action.

It still means它的意思仍然是 “give a careful shape,”「用心做出一個形狀」，not just “make.”不只是「做出來」而已。Sculpt is mostly the actionsculpt主要就是指這個動作。

The finished thing is usually called a sculpture. The word is fine in art class and in writing; the body meaning is informal gym talk.

The finished thing is usually called a sculpture做出來的成品通常叫做sculpture。The word is fine in art class and in writing這個字在美術課和寫作裡都沒問題；the body meaning is informal gym talk但用在身材上的那個意思是健身房的口語說法。