Outline
['aʊtlaɪn]
解释:
(noun.) a schematic or preliminary plan.
(noun.) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
(noun.) the line that appears to bound an object.
伯特兰校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
(n.) Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
(v. t.) To draw the outline of.
(v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
录入:米尔顿
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Contour.[2]. Sketch, plan, draft, delineation, drawing, rough draft.
整理:桑娅
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Delineation, sketch, contour, draft, plan
ANT:Form, substance, figure, object, subject, field, ground, bulk, space
校对:玛克辛
解释:
n. the outer line: the lines by which any figure is bounded: a sketch showing only the main lines: a draft: a set-line in fishing.—v.t. to draw the exterior line of: to delineate or sketch.—adj. Outlin′ear like an outline.
手打:米格尔
例句:
- I reassured him on this point, and, as well as I could, I showed him the mere outline of my experience. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- A few men, philosophers or lovers of wisdom--or truth--may by study learn at least in outline the proper patterns of true existence. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The Edison concentrating plant has been sketched in the briefest outline with a view of affording merely a bare idea of the great work of its projector. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- To win the money, fairly or otherwise, and to hand it contemptuously to Thomasin in her aunt's presence, had been the dim outline of his purpose. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- In this _Outline_ we have sought to show two great systems of development interacting in the story of human society. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Mrs. Bry's admiration was a mirror in which Lily's self-complacency recovered its lost outline. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The broad outline of the history of Egypt is simpler than the history of Mesopotamia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The general scheme, briefly outlined, is to prepare a model and plans of the house to be cast, and then to design a set of molds in sections of convenient size. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- After weeks of work he brought his teacher a remarkably exact map of the world, drawn to scale, and outlined in ink on paper pasted on linen, and fastened on two rollers. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Moreover he outlined and partly drafted an epic poem on the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I could see his black figure clearly outlined against the green behind him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The track of a horse was plainly outlined in the soft earth in front of him, and the shoe which he took from his pocket exactly fitted the impression. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The epoch of good clothes for the people, with all that it means in the fight upward from degradation, began in this century, and it was due to the inventions which have been above outlined. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The first time thou outlined it I understood it as well as I will ever understand it, Pilar whispered to him. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- To go thither, to escape across the Ohio river, were the first hurried outlines of her plan of escape; beyond that, she could only hope in God. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- It outlines his plan for the establishment of the American Philosophical Society. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Such have been the general outlines of the policy of the different European nations with regard to their colonies. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Far ahead of us and a trifle to the right we could distinguish the outlines of low mountains. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- You cannot go to any of the great philosophers even for the outlines of a statecraft which shall be fairly complete, and relevant to American life. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Much of this map is of course speculative, but its broad outlines must be fairly like those of the world in which men first became men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- However, the intense darkness dilated the pupils of our eyes so as to make them very sensitive, and we could just see at times the outlines of the road. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- After outlining the duties of the meter man, Edison says: I should not take too young a man for this, say, a man from twenty-three to thirty years old, bright and businesslike. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- In outlining a ripple they have forgotten the tides. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
整理:洛蒂