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figurine

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Arts, Daily life
fig·u·rine /ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn, ˈfiɡjəriːn $ ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn/ noun [countable]  figurine.jpg ADa small model of a person or animal used as a decoration 〔人或动物的〕小塑像,小雕像
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figurineAmong the items scientists have unearthed are four-inch clay figurines depicting men wearing hip and shoulder pads.In 1904, a church was erected around the fragile figurine.As was the case at Qawrighul, wooden human figurines were also found.Alarmed, she had hurried to it, to notice immediately that a small jade figurine was missing.Carvings of figurines continue to be found, and also monumental statues.This head once formed part of a small figurine carved from mammoth ivory.The figurines come from a number of important sites around the island, some excavated in the 1960s by Professor Christos Doumas.Remember that these figurines were often painted with red ochre.
Origin figurine (1800-1900) French Italian figurina, from Latin figura; → FIGURE1
fig·u·rine nounChineseSyllable
small of person animal Corpus a a used or model


figurine
figurine /ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn, ˌfɪɡjʊˈriːn, ˈfiɡjəriːn $ ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: Italian figurina, from Latin figura; figure1

a small model of a person or animal used as a decoration


fig·ur·ineBrE /ˈfɪɡəriːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn/ 🔊 nouna small statue of a person or an animal used as a decorative object (人、动物的)小雕像,小塑像