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lapidary 音标拼音: [l'æpəd ,ɛri] n. 宝石工艺匠,宝石鉴定家
a. 石的,石刻的,宝石的 宝石工艺匠,宝石鉴定家石的,石刻的,宝石的 lapidary adj 1: of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; " the ring is of no lapidary value"- Lord Byron; " lapidary art" n 1: an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them [ synonym: { lapidary}, { lapidarist}] 2: a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones [ synonym: { lapidary}, { lapidist}] Lapidary \ Lap" i* da* ry\, a. [ L. lapidarius pertaining to stone: cf. F. lapidaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation. [ 1913 Webster] { Lapidary style}, that style which is proper for monumental and other inscriptions; terse; sententious. [ 1913 Webster]
Lapidary \ Lap" i* da* ry\, n.; pl. { Lapidaries}. [ L. lapidarius, fr. lapidarius pertaining to stone: cf. F. lapidaire.] 1. An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. [ 1913 Webster] { Lapidary' s lathe}, { Lapidary' s mill}, { Lapidary' s wheel}, a machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and polishing. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " lapidary": aquatint, aquatinta, autolithographic, burinist, carver, cerographer, chalcographer, engraver, etcher, gem engraver, glyptic, glyptographic, graphic artist, graver, inscriber, line engraver, lithographer, lithographic, mezzotint, printmaker, pyrographer, serigrapher, silk- screen artist, wood engraver, wood- block, xylographic, xylopyrographer
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