outline
英 ['a?tla?n]
美['a?tla?n]
- n. 轮廓；大纲；概要；略图
- vt. 概述；略述；描画…轮廓
CET4TEM4IELTSGRE考研CET6中频词核心词汇
词态变化
复数:?outlines;第三人称单数:?outlines;过去式:?outlined;过去分词:?outlined;现在分词:?outlining;
助记提示
1. 在外面画个线.
中文词源
outline 概述
out-,向外，line,线，轮廓。引申词义概述。
英文词源
- outline (n.)
- 1660s, "lines by which a figure is delineated," from out + line (v.). Meaning "rough draft in words" is from 1759.
- outline (v.)
- 1790, "to draw in outline," from outline (n.). Meaning "to describe in general terms" is from 1855. Related: Outlined; outlining.
双语例句
- 1. He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.
- 他只能看见球门柱模糊的轮廓。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Draw your child's outline with a heavy black marker.
- 用浓黑色的毡笔画出你孩子的轮廓。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Here we outline some of the some-times conflicting forces moulding the debate.
- 在此我们概述一些有时影响争论的相互对立的力量。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in.
- 用唇线笔勾出双唇的轮廓，然后涂上唇膏。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. These documents provided a broad outline of the Society's development.
- 这些文件勾画出了社会发展的大致框架。
来自柯林斯例句