scrimshawing

英汉释义

• v.

  1.(在漫长的航程中水手于暇时)在(贝壳;鲸牙等上)做精致手工[雕刻,彩画等]

• n.

  1.(水手做的这种)精致工艺品

英英释义

• n.

  1.a carved or engraved object made originally by North American whalers from the teeth and bones of whales, or such objects collectively

  2.the skill or pastime of making scrimshaw

• v.

  1.to make scrimshaw

  2.to carve or engrave something into scrimshaw