modelling
 模型製造;塑造術


 Mod·el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeled or Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Modeling or Modelling.]  To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.


 Mod·el·ing, n. Fine Arts The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.]
 Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects.
 Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.

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 model
      adj : worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
            [syn: exemplary, model(a)]
      n 1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
           "the computer program was based on a model of the
           circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: {theoretical
           account, framework]
      2: a type of product; "his car was an old model"
      3: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or
         sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so
         the artist worked from photos" [syn: poser]
      4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
         [syn: simulation]
      5: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
         of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major
         general" [syn: exemplar, example, good example]
      6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role
         model" [syn: role model]
      7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
         example" [syn: example]
      8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
         fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin,
          manakin, fashion model]
      9: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
         scale) [syn: modelling, modeling]
      v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn: pattern]
      2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn: mold,
          mould]
      3: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know
         the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: pose, sit,
          posture]
      4: display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
      5: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
         in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: simulate]
      6: construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: mock up]
      [also: modelling, modelled]


 modelling
      n 1: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished
           work can be copied [syn: modeling, molding, moulding]
      2: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
         scale) [syn: model, modeling]


 modelling
      See model