| 单词 | to line off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto line off 4. To trace with, or as with, a line or lines; to delineate, sketch. Chiefly in combination with adverbs to line in: to put in with a hard pencil the permanent lines of (a freehand drawing); also, to insert (objects) in the outline of a picture. to line off: to mark off by lines. to line out: to trace the outlines of (something to be constructed); to prescribe in general outline; to forecast, adumbrate. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)] to set down in plat1508 to plat forth1556 delineate1579 plot1588 plat1589 trace1599 to line outa1616 lineament1638 to lay down1669 design1697 plan1734 draught1828 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] writeeOE drawa1398 descrivec1400 describe1538 to draw forth1539 to set out1545 design1570 to draw out1576 detrain1587 lineate16.. linea1616 redraw1728 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner trick1545 purfle1601 profile1715 outline?1790 black1840 to line in1886 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 90 All the pictures fairest Linde, are but blacke to Rosalinde. View more context for this quotation 1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 1 My purpose is, with dim water-colours to line me out a heart. 1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iv. xiii. §1 I have..lined you out the best way that I know for your successful performance. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 138 Here is a way plainly lined out to cheat the Rats and Mice. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 264 Mr. D...has boldly lined off streets and a market place through the very heart of the moor. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 36 He again strongly conjured him to construct a sconce upon the round hill called Drumsnab, and offered his own friendly services in lining out the same. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iii. 43 She had seen them [sc. mountain heights] day after day thinly lined on the dead sky. 1886 W. Milligan Bk. of Revelation (1887) vi. 231 The picture may not yet be realised in fulness, but every blessing lined in upon its canvas is in principle the believer's now. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 304 Thick or compressed lips, open or sunken eyes, straight or hooked noses, may enable one to roughly line out a disposition. < as lemmas |
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