1630s, from Latin sculptor "one who cuts or carves," agent noun from sculpt-, past participle stem of sculpere "to carve" (see sculpture). Fem. form sculptress attested from 1660s.
双语例句
1. The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.
那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. A sculptor forms her material.
雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. I know a sculptor who swaps her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist.
我认识一个雕刻家,她用自己的作品去换一位著名画家的画作。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The great statue, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholde, took ten years to complete.
这座巨大的雕像是雕刻家奥古斯·巴托尔德设计的, 花了十年的工夫完成的.
来自《用法词典》
5. The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four - fifths that of a grain of rice.