(pl. -os)
1- a design incised or engraved into a material凹雕, 阴雕:
the dies bore a design in intaglio.
这些模具上有凹雕图案。
1.1
- a gem with an incised design凹雕宝石。
1.2
- any printing process in which the type or design is etched or engraved, such as photogravure or dry point凹版印刷(如照相凹版印刷、铜版雕刻)。
-oes, -oed
with obj. [usu. as adj. intaglioed] engrave or represent by an engraving凹雕, 刻阴文:a carved box with little intaglioed pineapples on it.
有凹雕小菠萝的刻花盒子。
词源
mid 17th cent.: Italian, from intagliare 'engrave'.