Profile

['prəʊfaɪl] or ['profaɪl]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

埃塞雷德編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

布伦特校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Side-face.[2]. Outline, contour.

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解釋/意思:

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.

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