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If something is sculpted, it has a clear, smooth shape, as if an artist made it on purpose. People say this about faces (sculpted ), bodies (sculpted muscles), and sometimes about land or buildings that look carefully shaped.
If something is sculpted如果說某樣東西是 sculpted, it has a clear, smooth shape就是它有清楚、俐落的形狀, as if an artist made it on purpose就好像藝術家刻意做出來的一樣。 People say this about faces大家會用來形容臉 (sculpted cheekbones)(輪廓分明的顴骨), bodies形容身材 (sculpted muscles)(線條分明的肌肉), and sometimes about land or buildings有時候也用來形容土地或建築 that look carefully shaped看起來像被精心塑造過的。
It comes from the verb , but in this use it is not telling you that someone just finished . It is describing how the thing looks — neat lines, nothing .
It comes from the verb sculpt這個字來自動詞 sculpt, but in this use但在這個用法裡 it is not telling you並不是在告訴你 that someone just finished carving有人剛雕刻完什麼東西。 It is describing how the thing looks它是在描述東西看起來的樣子 — neat lines線條俐落, nothing floppy沒有一點鬆垮。
Though actually, the same spelling is also the ordinary past tense: “She sculpted a bird from clay.” In “sculpted arms,” nobody is talking about an art studio.
Though actually不過事實上, the same spelling同樣的拼法 is also the ordinary past tense也是普通的過去式: "She sculpted a bird from clay."「她用陶土捏出了一隻鳥。」 In "sculpted arms,"在「sculpted arms(線條分明的手臂)」這個說法裡, nobody is talking about an art studio沒有人是在講藝術工作室的事。
The word feels a little . You meet it in fashion, fitness, and beauty writing more than in children's talk.
The word這個字 feels a little admiring帶點讚賞的味道。 You meet it你會 in fashion, fitness, and beauty writing在時尚、健身和美容類的文章裡看到它 more than in children's talk比在講小孩的話題裡更常見。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sculptedadj
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Well shaped, as a good sculpture is.
- While cyclists often focus on crank-crushing quads or sculpted calves, all you have to do is realize, as Kita did, that the heart is not some mysterious, beating organ, but rather pure, powerhouse muscle.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。