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Profile File Meaning N Side Drawing Italian Outline

单词 profile
音标 ['prəufail]
解释 n.外形;轮廓侧面像
红宝书 【英】 n. 外形,轮廓侧面像(so mething in outline; a human head or face seen in a side view)
【记】 pro(前面)+file(=fil i线条)→前部的线条 →外形,轮廓
【例】 He drew her profile.
字源 profile (n.)
1650s, "a drawing of the outline of anything," from older Italian profilo "a drawing in outline," from profilare "to draw in outline," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + filare "draw out, spin," from Late Latin filare "to spin, draw out a line," from filum "thread" (see file (v.)). Meaning "a side view" is from 1660s. Meaning "biographical sketch, character study" is from 1734.
profile (v.)
1715, "to represent in profile," from profile (n.) or Italian profilare. Meaning "to summarize a person in writing" is from 1948. Related: Profiled; profiling.
不择手段背单词 n. 外形, 轮廓; 人头侧面像
【记】pro前, file = fili线条-前部的线条-外形, 轮廓pro前, file文件: 文件的前面是一篇文章的轮廓.
趣味全助记 【记】pro 前 + fil- 线,从前面看的线;pro + file 锉刀,用锉刀锉出一个轮廓出来
【相关】outline 大纲, 轮廓,filiferous 有丝状物的, filigree 金银丝细工

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