| 单词 | on the drawing board |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the drawing board P1. on the drawing board: (of a project, proposal, or scheme) under consideration, or in the preliminary stages of planning, development, or implementation. ΚΠ 1929 Times 18 Apr. 14/1 The plans were on the drawing board in the amazingly short time of three weeks and four days. 1939 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 15/6 The Air Force was out of date five years after the first 'plane was on the drawing-board. 1965 New Statesman 9 Apr. 561/1 The super-fast giants..are now coming on to the drawing boards. 1985 D. Allen Finally Truffaut xxvi. 217 Of three other projects on the drawing-board, an untitled work on France from 1900 to 1914 was by far the most ambitious. 2016 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 29 Dec. Proposals to protect these sacred lands have been on the drawing board for 80 years. < as lemmas |
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