喜樂美語

One way to picture outline: the line round the edge and nothing inside it — enough to show the shape, none of the filling. Trace a hill against the evening sky and you have the visual version; give the main points of a plan without the details and you have the same thing done with ideas.

可以想成 outline 是「只有外圍那條線，裡面留白」——形狀看得出來，細節一概沒有。傍晚天空襯出的山稜就是視覺版的它；把一個計畫的重點講一遍、細節先不管，就是同一件事用想法做的。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

n複數 outlines

v過去式 outlined過去分詞 outlined-ing outlining三單 outlines

意思相反

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原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

outlinenoun/ˈaʊtlaɪn/

  • 1

    A line marking the boundary of an object figure.

  • 2

    The outer shape of an object or figure.

    • From this point of vantage, we were able to gain an impression of the massive outlines of the main structure, and its intricate maze of girders.
  • 3

    A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.

    • Painters, by their outlines, colours, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
  • 4

    A general description of some subject.

  • 5

    A statement summarizing the important points of a text.

  • 6

    A preliminary plan for a project.

    • the outline of a speech
  • 7

    broadcastingfilmmediaA prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.

  • 8

    fishinghobbieslifestyleA setline or trotline.

outlineverb/ˈaʊtlaɪn/

  • 1

    To draw an outline of; to describe.

    • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
  • 2

    To summarize.

    • Wikipedia items featuring books usually outline them after giving their background.
    • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.

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