life-sized
life-sized — adjective
1. created at real-world dimensions to match the original person, animal, or object
created at real-world dimensions to match the original person, animal, or object
Chidi posed beside a life-sized statue of a football player.
life-sized + statue noun
The tiger in the shop window looked life-sized at night.
look + life-sized after linking verb
Bilal practised first aid on a life-sized training doll today.
Museum staff rolled in a life-sized plane model for the history show.
The art class painted a life-sized whale across the gym wall.
- full-size
broader term for normal dimensions; it does not always suggest a copy of something real
- actual-size
often used for pictures or print that show something at its measured real size
- true-to-scale
more technical, stressing exact proportion rather than everyday appearance
- miniature
much smaller than the real thing it represents
- reduced-scale
made deliberately smaller than the original
文法句型
life-sized + noun
be/look + life-sized
用法筆記
Usually describes statues, dolls, cutouts, and other representations of real people, animals, or objects. Most often used before a noun, but it can follow verbs like 'look' or 'be' when comparing a copy with the original.