A plaster cast taken of a dead person's face, used to make a mask or model.
死人面部模型
Example sentencesExamples
Images of his deathbed and casts of his death mask consequently circulated widely throughout the country and beyond.
The face of her effigy may have been based on her death mask, taken when she died on her thirty-seventh birthday in the royal apartments in the Tower of London.
The image rivets through its drama and detail; the features of Henri IV ring true in their resemblance to his portraits and death mask.
A death mask was made using a mould filled with plaster, which was also painted and the use of gold gave it an authentic appearance.
Dominating the display, the death mask of Johnson's head and shoulders shows the facial distortion caused by his own final series of strokes.
Definition of death mask in US English:
death mask
nounˈdɛθ ˈˌmæskˈdeTH ˈˌmask
A plaster cast taken of a dead person's face, used to make a mask or model.
死人面部模型
Example sentencesExamples
A death mask was made using a mould filled with plaster, which was also painted and the use of gold gave it an authentic appearance.
Dominating the display, the death mask of Johnson's head and shoulders shows the facial distortion caused by his own final series of strokes.
Images of his deathbed and casts of his death mask consequently circulated widely throughout the country and beyond.
The face of her effigy may have been based on her death mask, taken when she died on her thirty-seventh birthday in the royal apartments in the Tower of London.
The image rivets through its drama and detail; the features of Henri IV ring true in their resemblance to his portraits and death mask.