papier-mache n. 纸型
papier-mache[ noun ]
a substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dry
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- When the 271st Liberal Democratic seat was captured, Kaifu painted in the blank eye of a papier-mache doll at party headquarters in Tokyo to signify fulfillment of the party's goal in the election.
- The turning point was 1975 when a bicheiro known as Anisio hired a top carnival designer, Joazinho Trinta, to produce a spectacular parade with huge papier-mache animals, spinning roulette wheels and fabulous costumes for his school, Beija Flor.
- Some carried papier-mache effigies of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the candidate of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party.
- Sam Crook's contemplation on hair, climaxing with a beautiful, suspended entombed plait; Karl Vickers papier-mache cow; and of course, the delights of confectionery, the new art medium.