gesso

n. (绘画等用的)底料, 石膏粉

发音

/ˈd͡ʒɛsəʊ/

词形变化

gessoes gessos 复数 gessos gessoes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.

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    1994, Timothy Noad, Patricia Seligman, The Illuminated Alphabet, The Quarto Group (Chartwell Books), 2017, page 27, The combination of leaf gold and gesso is almost miraculous. No photographic reproduction can adequately show the brilliant effect of raised gesso.

    2007, Robin Cormack, Icons, The British Museum Press, Harvard University Press, page 33, The idea was that this would serve as a binder for the layer of gesso or at least might help to prevent the painting from instantly cracking apart if the wood split at any time.

  2. 2.

    A work of art done in gesso.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

plaster gypsum plaster of Paris

相关短语

gesso duro

词源

Borrowed from Italian gesso. Doublet of gypsum. Compare Portuguese gesso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”) and Spanish yeso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”).

来源：wiktionary