Lapidary
['læpɪd(ə)rɪ] or ['læpɪdɛri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones.
(noun.) an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them.
(adj.) of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; 'the ring is of no lapidary value'- Lord Byron; 'lapidary art' .
校對:路易斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.
(n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.
(a.) Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.
校對:惠特尼
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Lapidist.
埃斯特拉編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to stones and the cutting of stones: pertaining to inscriptions and monuments.—n. a cutter of stones esp. precious stones: a dealer in precious stones—also Lapidā′rian Lap′idarist Lap′idist.—v.t. Lap′idate (rare) to pelt with stones.—n. Lapidā′tion punishment by stoning.—adj. Lapid′eous stony.—n. Lapidesc′ence.—adj. Lapidesc′ent becoming stone: petrifying.—adj. Lapidif′ic.—n. Lapidificā′tion.—v.t. Lapid′ify to make into stone.—v.i. to turn into stone:—pr.p. lapid′ifying; pa.p. lapid′ified.—adj. Lapil′liform having the form of small stones.—ns. Lapil′lus a fragment of lava ejected from a volcano:—pl. Lapil′li; Lā′pis a kind of calico-printing with indigo the resists acting as methods for other dyes as madder or quercitron; Lā′pis-laz′uli a mineral of beautiful ultramarine colour used largely in ornamental and mosaic work and for sumptuous altars and shrines.—Lapis-lazuli blue a deep blue sometimes veined with gold used in decoration and in the manufacture of S鑦res and Oriental porcelain; Lapis-lazuli ware the name given by Josiah Wedgwood to a particular pebble ware veined with gold upon blue.
校對:克劳斯
例句/造句/用法:
- He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Each of the firm went his own way, and John Gutenberg opened his lapidary’s shop again and tried to build up the trade he had lost. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- A few days later a young man named Andrew Dritzhn called at Gutenberg’s shop, and asked if he might come and learn the lapidary’s trade. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- A few weeks later the young lapidary surprised his wife by showing her a pile of playing-cards. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He cast a searching glance at the lapidary. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Nay, it was made from an engraved block, just like this card, said the young lapidary. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The young lapidary was poor, and he had spent part of his savings in working out his scheme of block-printing. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- But the sale of books was small, and for two years more the apprentices grumbled, and protested that they should have stuck to the lapidary’s art. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
編輯:特伦斯