Sgraffito

[skræ'fi:tәu]

解释:

(noun.) a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground.

校对:贾斯廷--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

校对:普拉特

解释:

n. (same as Graffito q.v.): a kind of decorative work in pottery and superimposed metals in which clays &c. of different colours are laid one upon another and the pattern is produced by cutting away the outer layers:—pl. Sgraffi′ti.

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