Next to her, crouched the statuette of a leopard, ready to spring down at the top drawer of a filing cabinet.

在她旁边伏卧着一尊豹子的雕，一副随时都会扑下来跳到文件柜顶层抽屉上的样子。

The name Oscar refers to a statuette that's officially known as what?

奥斯卡这名字是指一尊雕，称之为什么？

It was probably used to make the window you daydream out of and when people thank the academy for the Oscars they just won, the statuettes they're holding are mostly made of tin.

当人们感谢电影艺术与科学学院为他们刚刚赢得的奥斯卡奖颁奖时，他们手中的人大多是锡做的。

In the early time, the statues were made of bronze, and during the World War II, due to the shortage of metals, the plaster was used to replace the bronze to make the statuettes.

奥斯卡奖颁发伊始，雕由青铜制成，但是在二战期间，由于属匮乏，由石膏代替青铜来铸造雕。

She grew up in Koulikoro, about an hour from Bamako on the banks of the Niger river, a town known for its marionettes, masks and unique, sacred statuettes that represent the dead.

她在库利科罗长大，从巴马科到尼日尔河岸边大约一时，这座城镇以木偶、面具和代表死者的独特神圣雕而闻名。

At the 1938 Academy Awards, the film was nominated for best soundtrack and received a Special Award for 'significant screen innovation' — in the shape of one normal-sized Oscar and seven little statuettes.

在1938年的奥斯卡奖上，这部电影获得了最佳配乐提名，并获得了“重大银幕创新”特别奖——一正常大的奥斯卡人和七人。

Towards the end of our visit, I was shown a wooden casket containing various items from the surrounding areas, of which none, apart from this statuette, was of any value.

“随着我们行程接近尾声，有人向我展示了一长木盒，装有附近地区收集来的形形色色的物品，但除了这件雕，其他都是一些毫无价值的物什。

After the war, those plaster statuettes were redeemed for the gold-plated ones.

战后，这些石膏雕均被收回，而代之以镀雕。

He had some statuettes in his study. They stood on a high cupboard behind his desk.

他在书房里有几尊雕，放在他书桌后面高高的柜子上。

The small bronze statuette from Minoan Crete, unique as it is, is also a very good indicator of this key commodity, bronze, that was sought after throughout the eastern Mediterranean.

克里特的这尊青铜雕是件很好的证物，让我们了解青铜是当时整地中海东部地区需求巨大的重要商品。

Though it's better known as an Oscar, the statuette is officially the Academy Award of Merit.

虽然人更广为人知的名字是奥斯卡，但它正式成为奥斯卡奖的荣誉。

At the ceremony, the winner will be presented a gold-plated statuette which is 13.5 inches 5 in height and 3.9 kilos in weight.

在颁奖典礼上，获奖者将获得一镀的奖座，雕高13.5英寸，重3.9千克。

Some time later, I learned about these statuettes.

后来我才知道这几尊雕是怎么回事。

Since 1950, it has been required that neither winners nor their heirs may have the right to sell the statuettes without first offering to sell them back to the Academy.

明文规定奖获得者及其后人均无权利擅自出售奖杯，只能将奖杯有偿转让给学院。

The Academy Museum will also feature Oscar statuettes donated by actors who won the awards.

学院博物馆还将展出由获奖演员捐赠的奥斯卡人。

And in the statuette was a thousand bucks.

而那座雕里有一千美元。

Bersenyev picked up the cloth off the floor—and threw it over the statuette.

Bersenyev 捡起地上的布——然后把它扔到雕上。

On a tiny satinwood table stood a statuette by Clodion, and beside it lay a copy of Les Cent Nouvelles, bound for Margaret of Valois by Clovis Eve and powdered with the gilt daisies that Queen had selected for her device.

在一张缎木桌上，摆放着克洛迪翁的雕，旁边则是一本《百则故事》，由克洛维斯·埃夫为瓦卢瓦的玛格丽特装订，书上点缀着色的雏菊，这些正是女王为自己选定的徽记。

But even if the Academy finally hands Mr Nolan a well-deserved victory, and traditionalists sigh with relief, it is impossible to ignore all the new faces that may soon admire themselves in the gold-plated, eight-and-a-half pound statuettes.

但即使奥斯卡最终将诺兰先生当之无愧的胜利颁给了他，传统主义者也松了一口气，我们也不可能忽视这些新面孔，他们可能很快就会在这座重达 8.5 磅的镀人面前露出自己的美颜。

Miranda, who's one O shy of an EGOT and was previously nominated for best original song in 2017, might have also been able to nab that elusive statuette once and for all.

米兰达 (Miranda) 与 EGOT 相去甚远， 此前曾在 2017 年获得最佳原创歌曲提名， 她或许也能一劳永逸地获得那尊难以捉摸的雕。