| 单词 | pointillé |
| 释义 | ‖ pointillé, a. (n.)|pwɛ̃tije|
[F., pa. pple. of pointiller to mark with small points or dots, f. pointille (see prec.), L. type *puncticulāre.]
Ornamented with designs engraved or drawn with a sharp-pointed tool or style. Also fig. and as n.
1903Tregaski's Catal. Jan. 10/1 Old French Locket Case,..red morocco faded, gold tooled with small pointille scrolls and border of similar style. 1931A. Esdaile Student's Man. Bibliogr. vi. 207 The sprays are lighter, not only in themselves but because impressed by pointillé tools, i.e. tools with a dotted surface. 1933T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Aug. (1938) 773 His style disintegrates and not integrates, this time. Too pointillé. 1940Proc. Prehistoric Soc. VI. 173 Sherds ornamented with three bands decorated in pointillé. 1964H. Hodges Artifacts iv. 78 Strictly speaking, a surface that has been backgrounded by stabbing all over with a small pointed punch is referred to as pointillé, although some archaeologists are in the habit of using the term to describe any surface with a fine dot pattern, be the dots bosses or pits. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Aug. 910/2 The English binders showed a liveliness and originality... The new designs included..the all-over pattern, introduced in the 1670s and generally composed of pointillé flowers and drawer-handle tools. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11：
相关热词搜索：pointille英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
单词 remount 释义 remount v 1 [I, Tn no passive 不用於被动语态] get on (a horse, bicycle, ......
单词 regional 释义 regional adj [usu attrib 通常作定语] of a region 局部范围的; 部位的; 地......
单词 pointingly 释义 pointingly, adv. rare.[f. pointing ppl. a. + -ly2.]In a way that poin......
单词 removable 释义 removable adj (a) that can be removed or detached 可移动的; 可除去的; ......
单词 pointing 释义 ▪ I. pointing, n. Horse-racing.[Shortened f. point-to-pointing s.v. po......
单词 Regina 释义 Regina n (Latin 拉) (used esp in signatures on proclamations or in the ti......