aquatint

名词 aquatint:

1. an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
2. a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color

动词 aquatint:

1. etch in aquatint

aq.ua.tint

n.（名词）
A process of etching capable of producing several tones by varying the etching time of different areas of a copper plate so that the resulting print resembles the flat tints of an ink or wash drawing.
细点腐蚀制版法：一种蚀刻法，通过改变铜版不同区域的蚀刻时间可产生多种色度，以致使印迹类似于墨水画或淡彩画的无明暗之分的色度
An etching made by this process.
蚀刻工艺品：用细点腐蚀制版法制作的蚀刻工艺品

来源：
French aquatinte
法语 aquatinte
from Italian acquatinta
源自 意大利语 acquatinta
acqua [water] from Latin aqua * see aqua
acqua [水] 源自 拉丁语 aqua *参见 aqua
tinta [dyed] from Latin tincta [feminine past participle of] tingere [to dye]
tinta [染色的] 源自 拉丁语 tincta [] tingere的阴性过去分词 [染色]

【引伸】
aq.uatint.
v.（动词）
aq.uatint.er 或
aq.uatint.ist
n.（名词）