Lapidary

(noun.) a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones.

(noun.) an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them.

(adj.) of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; 'the ring is of no lapidary value'- Lord Byron; 'lapidary art' .

校对:路易斯

• He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Each of the firm went his own way, and John Gutenberg opened his lapidary’s shop again and tried to build up the trade he had lost. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• A few days later a young man named Andrew Dritzhn called at Gutenberg’s shop, and asked if he might come and learn the lapidary’s trade. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• A few weeks later the young lapidary surprised his wife by showing her a pile of playing-cards. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He cast a searching glance at the lapidary. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Nay, it was made from an engraved block, just like this card, said the young lapidary. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The young lapidary was poor, and he had spent part of his savings in working out his scheme of block-printing. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But the sale of books was small, and for two years more the apprentices grumbled, and protested that they should have stuck to the lapidary’s art. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

编辑:特伦斯