Statues, thought of together as a group rather than one at a time. If a garden has ten stone figures in it, you can say the garden is full of statuary — you would not say "ten statuaries", because the word already covers the whole lot of them. It is an uncountable word in this use, like furniture or luggage.

Statues指雕像, thought of together as a group是把它們當成一整群來看 rather than one at a time而不是一尊一尊分開算。If a garden has ten stone figures in it如果一座花園裡有十尊石像, you can say the garden is full of statuary你可以說這座花園裡到處是statuary — you would not say "ten statuaries"你不會說「ten statuaries」, because the word already covers the whole lot of them因為這個字本身就已經涵蓋了所有這些雕像。It is an uncountable word in this use在這個用法裡它是不可數名詞, like furniture or luggage就像furniture或luggage一樣。

It is a formal, rather bookish word: you meet it in museum labels, guidebooks, auction catalogues, and writing about art and history. Ordinary people talking about a park would just say "the statues".

It is a formal, rather bookish word這是一個正式、偏書面的字: you meet it in museum labels, guidebooks, auction catalogues你會在博物館標示牌、導覽手冊、拍賣目錄裡看到它, and writing about art and history還有藝術史相關的文章裡。Ordinary people talking about a park一般人聊到公園時 would just say "the statues"只會直接說「the statues」。

You will also see it as an adjective in a few fixed pairs, most often "statuary marble" — marble of the quality used for carving figures. There is an older, now rare use where a statuary is a person who makes statues, which is where the Latin word starts; you may still meet it in old books, but nobody uses it that way today.

You will also see it as an adjective in a few fixed pairs你也會看到它當形容詞用，出現在幾個固定搭配裡, most often "statuary marble"最常見的是「statuary marble」 — marble of the quality used for carving figures一種品質適合用來雕刻人像的大理石。There is an older, now rare use還有一個比較舊、現在很少見的用法 where a statuary is a person who makes statuesstatuary指的是製作雕像的人, which is where the Latin word starts這也是這個拉丁字的原始出處; you may still meet it in old books你可能還會在舊書裡看到, but nobody uses it that way today但現在已經沒有人這樣用了。