资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modeling \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.