单词 | blueprint |
释义 | blueprintn. 1. Originally: a photographic print composed of white lines on a blue background, used chiefly in copying plans, machine drawings, etc.; (also) a blue-toned photograph. In later use also (more generally): any design or technical drawing. Also attributive. Cf. blue paper. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by process tithonograph1842 platinotype1844 daguerreotype1849 crystallotype1852 catalysotype1853 black print1855 sun print1855 blueprint1857 ferrotype1857 tin-type1864 pyro-photograph1869 opalotype1873 gelatine picture1875 hellenotype1875 panotype1875 silver print1878 autophotograph1880 platinum print1881 bromide print1885 solar1889 solar print1889 shadowgraph1896 skiagraph1896 rotograph1899 autochrome1902 rayogram1932 reduction print1933 photogram1934 blow-up1945 Polaroid1953 opaque1959 bromide1967 1857 Photogr. Notes 15 Oct. 383/1 The toning of this blue print with a uranium or copper bath holds out therefore the prospect of a good result. 1881 Amer. Machinist 12 Feb. 7/1 His remarks, therefore, about tracings and the heliographic or ‘blue print process’, as applied to my article are irrelevant. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 703/2 For architects and engineers, cyanotype and ferro-gallic papers are prepared in rolls of considerable width for the direct reproduction of tracings and drawings, as blue or black prints by these methods. 1936 Economist 15 Feb. 351/2 Blue-prints were drawn for ‘mastodon’ capital ships of 60,000 tons, and for cruisers of 20,000 tons. 1990 Log Home Living June–July 23/1 The blueprints that accompany your log home will generally contain sufficient detail to guide builders around any potential problems. 2003 Charleston Gaz. (Nexis) 24 Aug. 1 d Now we can print blueprints in 256 shades of gray, so every element in the building can be a different shade. 2. figurative. Something which acts as a plan, model, or template. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan > detailed plan inventary1608 specification1833 blueprint1910 1910 Reformatory Press 22 Jan. 4/2 His plots were the blueprints of his stories. 1926 Spectator 11 Sept. 385/1 Surely he can complete his life by giving us the blue-prints of the millennium. 1939 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 87/2 Blue-prints of a new society come with better grace from Mr. Wells than from any other contemporary novelist. 1942 J. S. Huxley in Fortune Dec. 152/2 To nail some elaborate blue-print of international organization to our masthead. 1970 N. Bawden Birds on Trees vi. 103 Perhaps it was this sense of theatre (life presenting no blueprint for this scene) that made her cry out. 1999 Which? Jan. 4/3 The company's blueprint for permanently fixing the problem. 2011 N.Y. Mag. 6 June 29/2 A specific part of the genetic blueprint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blueprintv. transitive. To create or provide a blueprint for (something); to design or plan out. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > make a detailed plan of blueprint1889 scenario1923 1889 Amer. Architect & Building News 1 Sept. 96/2 The lectures on the history of architecture are written out and blue-printed in the same manner as the lectures on construction. 1909 E. Sylvester tr. B. Maennel Auxiliary Educ. xvii. 248 Attempt to blueprint the detailed organization or revision of a programme. 1942 H. A. Wallace Cent. Common Man 28 Dec. (1944) 36 We cannot now blueprint all the details, but we can begin now to think about some of the guiding principles of this world-wide new democracy. 1986 Associated Press (Nexis) 28 Dec. An airport is being blueprinted and private developers have been asked to submit proposals for hotels. 1998 Spin June 53/2 Massive blueprinted the so-called Bristol Sound on their 1991 debut, Blue Lines. 2010 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 30 Apr. g6 The original engine was balanced and blueprinted, ported and polished and reworked with solid lifters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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