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outline n.大纲；轮廓vt.概述；画出轮廓 (1) 他写下演讲的提纲。(2) 她笔力雄健地画出了轮廓。(3) 在月光下,他看到了那座屋子的轮廓。(4) 在谈话时,她概述了我将要干的工作。(5) 他用红笔画出三角形。 The origins of outline come from the artistic practice of marking a line around the outer edge of a person or shape in a picture before filling it in. Only later, in the 1800s, did it come to be applied to verbal descriptions, too. Technically an outline suggests a condensed form of something, but as any high school or college student knows, course outlines have a habit of being pretty darn long. In 1919 H.G. Wells wrote a book called An Outline of History. Its length? 1,324 pages.

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英 ['aʊtlaɪn] 美 ['aʊtlaɪn] (1) He wrote down the outline of his lecture.(2) She drew the outline with a sure hand.(3) He saw the outline of the house in the moonlight.(4) At the interview, she outlined what i would be doing.(5) He outlined the triangle in red. The gist, the essence, the major parts of something — that's its outline. 1[VERB 动词]概述；概括 If you outline an idea or a plan, you explain it in a general way.   [V n]The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town's image...市长概述了他整顿市容的计划。The methods outlined in this book are only suggestions.本书概括的一些方法仅供参考。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]概要；梗概 An outline is a general explanation or description of something.   [also in N]Following is an outline of the survey findings...以下是调查结果概要。The proposals were given in outline by the Secretary of State.国务卿对提议进行了简要的概述。3[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]（因背后的光线）显示…的轮廓（或外形） You say that an object is outlined when you can see its general shape because there is light behind it.   [be V-ed]  [V-ed]The Ritz was outlined against the lights up there...高悬的灯光映照出里兹饭店的轮廓。It was a beautiful sight outlined above the starry sky.星空之上映衬出美景。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指模糊的）轮廓，外形 The outline of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen.   [usu N of n]He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.他只能看见球门柱模糊的轮廓。

英语单词	outline
英美音标	英 ['aʊtlaɪn] 美 ['aʊtlaɪn]
中文释义	n.大纲；轮廓 vt.概述；画出轮廓
英语例句	(1) He wrote down the outline of his lecture. (2) She drew the outline with a sure hand. (3) He saw the outline of the house in the moonlight. (4) At the interview, she outlined what i would be doing. (5) He outlined the triangle in red.
中文例句	(1) 他写下演讲的提纲。 (2) 她笔力雄健地画出了轮廓。 (3) 在月光下,他看到了那座屋子的轮廓。 (4) 在谈话时,她概述了我将要干的工作。 (5) 他用红笔画出三角形。
vocabulary简明	The gist, the essence, the major parts of something — that's its outline.
vocabulary扩展	The origins of outline come from the artistic practice of marking a line around the outer edge of a person or shape in a picture before filling it in. Only later, in the 1800s, did it come to be applied to verbal descriptions, too. Technically an outline suggests a condensed form of something, but as any high school or college student knows, course outlines have a habit of being pretty darn long. In 1919 H.G. Wells wrote a book called An Outline of History. Its length? 1,324 pages.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]概述；概括 If you outline an idea or a plan, you explain it in a general way. [V n] The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town's image... 市长概述了他整顿市容的计划。 The methods outlined in this book are only suggestions. 本书概括的一些方法仅供参考。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]概要；梗概 An outline is a general explanation or description of something. [also in N] Following is an outline of the survey findings... 以下是调查结果概要。 The proposals were given in outline by the Secretary of State. 国务卿对提议进行了简要的概述。 3 [V-PASSIVE 被动动词]（因背后的光线）显示…的轮廓（或外形） You say that an object is outlined when you can see its general shape because there is light behind it. [be V-ed] [V-ed] The Ritz was outlined against the lights up there... 高悬的灯光映照出里兹饭店的轮廓。 It was a beautiful sight outlined above the starry sky. 星空之上映衬出美景。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指模糊的）轮廓，外形 The outline of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen. [usu N of n] He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts. 他只能看见球门柱模糊的轮廓。

Outline General D Outlined N Wrote Shape Book