Stipple



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.点画, 点描
• ［英］ v.点画, 点描 ( to apply paint by repeated small touches)
• ［类］ stipple : dot / striate : band ( 点画用点画画 / 加条纹用条画画)
• ［记］ stip ( 点) ＋ple -> 用点刻画

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (stippled; stippling)

• Etymology: Dutch stippelen to spot, dot
• Date: circa 1762
• 1. to engrave by means of dots and flicks
• 2.
  • a. to make by small short touches (as of paint or ink) that together produce an even or softly graded shadow
  • b. to apply (as paint) by repeated small touches
• 3. speckle, fleck
• ? stippler noun

II. noun

• Date: 1837
• production of gradation of light and shade in graphic art by stippling small points, larger dots, or longer strokes; also an effect produced in this way

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