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    bas-relief

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Sculpture
    bas-re·lief /ˌbɑː rɪˈliːf, ˌbæs-/ noun [countable, uncountable] technical  AVSa style of art in which stone or wood is cut so that shapes are raised above the surrounding surface 浅浮雕 → high relief
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    bas-relief• A monument to a railway engineer in Bromsgrove shows a train in bas-relief.• The bas-reliefs show scenes from the history of Milan.• Jaq often prayed to this bas-relief.    Origin bas-relief (1600-1700) French bas “low” + relief “raised work”
    bas-re·lief nounChineseSyllable
    stone which art wood Corpus is a in of or style


    bas-relief
    bas-re‧lief /ˌbɑː rɪˈliːf, ˌbæs-/ noun [uncountable and countable] technical
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: bas 'low' + relief 'raised work'
    a style of art in which stone or wood is cut so that shapes are raised above the surrounding surface ⇨ high relief


    bas-reliefBrE /ˌbæs rɪˈliːf/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbæs rɪˈliːf/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (specialist) a form of sculpture in which the shapes are cut so that they are slightly raised from the background; a sculpture made in this way 浅浮雕；浅浮雕品