Contour
['kɒntʊə] or ['kɑntʊr]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; 'the contours of the melody'; 'it defines a major contour of this administration'.
(noun.) a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height.
(verb.) form the contours of.
詹森錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
(n.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.
哈蒂編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Outline, profile.
手打:玛里琳
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CONFIGURATION]
杰西整理
解釋/意思:
n. the outline: the line which bounds the figure of any object.—v.t. to mark with contour lines.—Contour lines lines drawn in a map through points all at the same height above sea-level—usually on the British Ordnance Survey maps at intervals of 50 feet.
錄入:泰茜
例句/造句/用法:
- High above this to the right, and much nearer thitherward than the Quiet Woman Inn, the blurred contour of Rainbarrow obstructed the sky. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- A vast shadow, in which could be dimly traced portions of a masculine contour, blotted half the ceiling. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- These guns were distinguishable by the smooth bulbous breech of great thickness and curvilinear contour. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The shape standing before me had never crossed my eyes within the precincts of Thornfield Hall before; the height, the contour were new to me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- This siphon is vibrated by the electric impulses to produce on the paper strip a zigzag line, whose varying contour is made to represent letters. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Thereupon the contour of a man became dimly visible against the low-reaching sky over the valley, beyond the outer margin of the pool. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- His bones were strong and round, his limbs were rounded, all his contours were beautifully and fully moulded. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, A thoughtful man. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Listen, _guapa_, said Pilar and ran her finger now absently but tracingly over the contours of her cheeks. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- They began to make camps with walls of earth and palisades, many of which are still to be traced in the history-worn contours of the European scenery. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
編輯:卢克