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APPLIED ARTS AND FINE ARTS  單字與片語分析(2-2)

11.  Sculpture (N.)： the art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person,idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or anobject made in this way .

例句 1: The museum has several life-sized sculptures of people and animals.
例句 2: He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.

12.  stable(Adj.)：

    (A)   firmly fixed or not likely to move or change .

例句 1: If the foundations of the house aren't stable, collapse is possible.
例句 2: The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992. 

    (B)  A stable person is mentally healthy. 

例句 1: She seems more stable these days.
例句 2: Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children. 

13.  property (N.)：

   (A)  an object or objects that belong to someone ；

例句 1: Children need to be taught to have respect for other people's property.
例句 2: Security forces searched thousands of homes, confiscating weapons and stolen property. 

   (B)  a building or area of land, or both together ；

例句 1: The notice said "Private property - keep off!"
例句 2: This vehicle has been parked on private property.  

   (C)  a quality in a substance or material, especially one that meansthat it can be used in a particular way.

例句 1: A radio signal has both electrical and magnetic properties.
例句 2: One of the properties of copper is that it conducts heat and electricity very well.  

14  mass (N.)： a large amount of something that has no particular shape orarrangement .

例句 1: Opposition groups plan to stage mass demonstrations all over the country.
例句 2: All the lights went off, and mass hysteria broke out.   

  * the mass of sth  =  most of something .

15.  distribution(N.)：

  (A)  the process of giving things out to several people, or spreadingor supplying something .

例句 1: Has the Channel Tunnel improved the distribution of goods between the British Isles and mainland Europe?
例句 2: He admitted there had been distribution problems.

  (B)  the way in which people or things are spread out in a place .

例句 1: They aimed to achieve a more equitable distribution of resources/wealth.
例句 2: One of the side effects may be to change the geographical distribution of parasitic diseases such as malaria.  

16.  rigid(Adj.)： stiff or fixed; not able to be bent or moved .

例句 1: Hospital routines for nurses are very rigid.
例句 2: My father is very rigid in his thinking.   

17. stretcher(N.)：one that stretches; especially :  a device or machine for stretching or expanding something .(這裡指 繃畫布的框子 )

例句 1: She was carried off the track on a stretcher.
例句 2: The two ambulance attendants quickly put Plover on a stretcher and got him into the ambulance.

18.  canvas (N.)： 

   (A) strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strongclothes, etc.

例句 1: She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together. 
例句 2: The times that people used canvas boat have become history.     

   (B) a piece of this cloth used by artists for painting on, usually withoil paints, or the painting itself.

例句 1: These two canvases by Hockney would sell for £1,500,000.
例句 2: First I applied a blue colour wash to the canvas.   例句 1: He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face taut with concentration.
例句 2: The clothes line is pulled taut and secured. 

19.  taut(Adj.)：

   (A)  tight or completely stretched .

例句 1: He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face taut with concentration.
例句 2: The clothes line is pulled taut and secured. 

   (B)  excited or nervous .例句 1: His latest film was described as a taut thriller.
例句 2: Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.  ​​​​​​​

   (C)  taut writing or speech is controlled, clear, and short.

例句 : Eric Rochant's 'Aux yeux du monde', a taut thriller about the kidnapping of a school bus.

 20.  deteriorate(V.)：to become worse .

   例句 1: The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.
例句 2: The position of the have-nots in our society could deteriorate even further.   ​​​​​​​