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Contour Latin Turn 8060.Contour 英 Kɒntʊə]美 Kɑntʊr 释义

正面 8060.contour
英 ['kɒntʊə]美 ['kɑntʊr]

背面
释义:
n. 轮廓;等高线;周线;电路;概要vt. 画轮廓;画等高线n. (Contour)人名;(法)孔图尔
例句:
1. There were three moderate climbs to just below the 450 feet contour.刚好在450英尺的等高线之下有3个缓坡。

contour:看透啊。看透了它的外形轮廓——轮廓。
contour 轮廓con-, 强调。-tour, 转,词源同turn, tourism.
contour (n.)1660s, a term in painting and sculpture, from French contour "circumference, outline," from Italian and Medieval Latin contornare "to go around," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + tornare "to turn (on a lathe);" see turn (v.). First recorded application to topography is from 1769. Earlier the word was used to mean "bedspread, quilt" (early 15c.) in reference to its falling over the sides of the mattress. Related: Contoured. Contour line in geography is from 1844."

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