sculpture sth from/out of sth
表示用某种材料雕刻出某物,from 和 out of 都常见,out of 更口语化。
She sculptured a horse from a block of marble.
她用一块大理石雕刻出一匹马。
侵蚀形成(地貌);将某物塑造成三维形状;用雕塑表现某物;通过侵蚀等改变地貌形状;通过塑造石头、木头或其他硬质材料来创作
To make or represent something as a three-dimensional figure, especially by carving or modeling hard material.
将某物塑造成三维形状
To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
用雕塑表现某物
To represent something in sculpture.
通过侵蚀等改变地貌形状
To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
通过塑造石头、木头或其他硬质材料来创作
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
一般现在时
He sculptures small figures from soap.
他用肥皂雕刻小雕像。
一般过去时
She sculptured a lion last year.
她去年雕刻了一头狮子。
现在完成时
We have sculptured this statue together.
我们已共同雕刻了这座雕像。
规则动词:过去式/过去分词为 sculptured,现在分词为 sculpturing。
Wind and water have sculptured the cliffs into dramatic shapes.
风和水把悬崖塑造成了壮观的形状。
用法提示:动词现在完成时形式,表示自然力塑造地貌。
My uncle sculptures small wooden animals in his workshop.
我叔叔在他的工作室里雕刻小木制动物。
用法提示:动词第三人称单数形式,表示雕刻这一动作。
The team is sculpturing a huge ice sculpture for the festival.
团队正在为节日雕刻一座巨大的冰雕。
用法提示:动词现在分词,用于现在进行时,表示正在雕刻。
表示用某种材料雕刻出某物,from 和 out of 都常见,out of 更口语化。
She sculptured a horse from a block of marble.
她用一块大理石雕刻出一匹马。
表示把材料塑造成某种形状,into 后接成品。
He sculptured the clay into a small bird.
他把黏土塑成一只小鸟。
表示用某种材料进行雕刻创作,in 后接材料,强调成品本身的材质。
The artist sculptured the figure in bronze.
艺术家用青铜雕刻了这座人像。
用于地貌时常用被动,表示由侵蚀等自然力量塑造而成。
The canyon was sculptured by wind and water over millions of years.
这个峡谷是数百万年来风雨侵蚀形成的。
grammar · medium
易错句子The artist sculpture the clay into a bird last week.
正确表达The artist sculptured the clay into a bird last week.
sculpture 作动词是规则动词,过去式要在词尾加 -d,写成 sculptured;汉语动词没有时态变化,学习者常忘了加 -d,直接把原形用在表示过去的时间状语(last week)里。
grammar · medium
易错句子The artist sculptured the figure with marble.
正确表达The artist sculptured the figure from marble.
表示雕塑所用的材料时,英语用 from(也可用 in),而 with 表示所借助的工具。汉语「用大理石雕刻」里的「用」很容易被直译成 with,从而造成搭配错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子She sculptured the wet clay to a small horse.
正确表达She sculptured the wet clay into a small horse.
表示把材料塑造成某物、发生形态转变时,英语要用 into,不用 to;to 只表示方向或目的。汉语「把湿泥塑成小马」的「成」容易被误译成 to。
用大理石雕刻
He sculptured the figure in marble.
他用大理石雕刻了这尊人像。
用石头雕刻而成
The statue was sculptured from a single block of stone.
这座雕像是由一整块石头雕刻而成的。
雕刻一个人像
She spent months sculpturing a figure out of clay.
她花了几个月时间用黏土雕刻出一个人像。
塑造地貌;雕琢地形
Centuries of wind and rain have sculptured the landscape.
数百年的风雨塑造了这片地貌。
经侵蚀雕琢而成
The valley was sculptured by erosion over millions of years.
这个山谷是经过数百万年的侵蚀雕琢而成的。
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