Profile
['prəʊfaɪl] or ['profaɪl]
解释:
(noun.) biographical sketch.
(noun.) an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; 'a biochemical profile of blood'; 'a psychological profile of serial killers'.
(noun.) a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers.
(noun.) an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side).
(verb.) represent in profile, by drawing or painting.
(verb.) write about; 'The author of this article profiles a famous painter'.
埃塞雷德编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
(n.) A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.
(n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.
(n.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
(n.) to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.
(n.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.
布伦特校对
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Side-face.[2]. Outline, contour.
艾德里安整理
解释:
n. an outline: a head or portrait in a side-view: the side-face: the outline of any object without foreshortening: a vertical section of country to show the elevations and depressions.—v.t. to draw in profile: to make an outline of: (mech.) to give a definite form by chiselling milling &c.—ns. Prō′filist one who takes or makes profiles; Profil′ograph an instrument for automatically recording the profile of the ground it traverses.
巴贝奇录入
例句:
- 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.
- She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- She had had a little black profile of him done for a shilling, and this was hung up by the side of another portrait over her bed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- You look like the effigy of a young knight asleep on his tomb, she said, carefully tracing the well-cut profile defined against the dark stone. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Its profile, which now became visible, was familiar to me! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I dustn't, says Jo, relapsing into the profile state. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It is very possible that at some earlier period of his career, Mr. Weller's profile might have presented a bold and determined outline. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Oh very, she said, especially when they have such excellent profiles. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- He snipped away at the black paper, then separated the two thicknesses and pasted the profiles on a card and handed them to me. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
校对:斯坦顿