foreshorten
/fawr-shawr-tn, fohr-/US // fɔrˈʃɔr tn, foʊr- //UK // (fɔːˈʃɔːtən) //
预短化,预缩,预短,预先缩短
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : Fine Arts. to reduce or distort in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- : to abridge, reduce, or contract; make shorter.
Examples
Of course he could, if he had cared to do so; for if you can foreshorten a limb or a hand, much more a tree branch.
The laws of perspective interfere and alter the apparent directions, and foreshorten the dimensions of its several parts.
After all, foreshortening is only good drawing, and a good draughtsman will foreshorten well, while a bad draughtsman will not.
The mountains dwarf mankind and foreshorten the procession of its long generations.
You foreshorten as though you never used the model, and you've caught Kami's pasty way of dealing with flesh in shadow.
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