sculpture

US: /ˈskəɫptʃɝ/
UK: /skˈʌlpt‍ʃɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


sculpture /'skʌlptʃə/ (sculp) /skʌlp/
  • danh từ
    • thuật điêu khắc, thuật chạm trổ
    • công trình điêu khắc
    • (sinh vật học) đường vân, nét chạm (trên vỏ sò...)
    • động từ
      • điêu khắc, chạm trổ; trang trí bằng điêu khắc
      • là nhà điêu khắc
      • (sinh vật học), (động tính từ quá khứ) có nét chạm (vỏ sò...)

    Advanced English dictionary


    + noun
    1 [C, U] a work of art that is a solid figure or object made by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay, metal, etc: a marble sculpture of Venus + He collects modern sculpture.
    2 [U] the art of making sculptures: the techniques of sculpture in stone
    sculptural adjective: sculptural decoration

    Thesaurus dictionary


    n.
    1 figure, figurine, statue, statuette, group, head, bust, relief; bronze, marble:
    His favourite sculpture is Rodin's Burghers of Calais .
    v.
    2 sculpt or sculp, model, model, chisel, carve, cast, form, fashion:
    The students are learning how to sculpture in clay.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    abstract | monumental

    QUANT.

    piece | series | collection

    VERB + SCULPTURE

    create, make
    She creates sculptures out of scrap materials.
    | display, exhibit, show

    PREP.

    ~ by
    a sculpture by Henry Moore
    | ~ of
    a sculpture of a horse

    PHRASES

    an exhibition of sculpture/sculptures

    More information about ART WORKS

    ART WORKS:

    of art a piece/work of art
    Michelangelo's Pietà is a magnificent work of art.

    collect ~
    She collects Jacobean portraits.

    display, exhibit, show ~
    The works will be displayed in the new wing of the museum.

    ~ be (put) on display/exhibition/show ~ go on display/exhibition/show
    paintings put on show for the first time The photographs are on exhibition until the end of September.

    house ~
    An annexe was built to house the sculptures.

    a series of ~
    a series of paintings by Van Gogh

    a collection/exhibition of ~
    an exhibition of early 20th century French masterpieces

    an art/photographic/photography exhibition
    The open art exhibition will allow new artists to exhibit their work.

    by ~
    a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth


    Concise English dictionary


    sculptures|sculptured|sculpturing'skʌlptʃə
    noun
    +a three-dimensional work of plastic art
    +creating figures or designs in three dimensions
    verb
    +create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
    +shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it