英语词汇“contour ploughing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

contour /konˈtoor/

noun

Outline, shape or surface

General character or aspect

Artistic quality of outline

A contour line

A point, line or surface at, along or on which some property or characteristic is constant, or its representation in a map or diagram

adjective

Having, showing or based on contours

Contoured

transitive verb

To mark with contour lines

To follow the contour lines of

ORIGIN: Fr contour (Ital contorno), from Ital contornare, to surround, outline, from L con- and tornāre to turn in a lathe, from tornus (Gr tornos) a lathe

conˈtoured adjective

(of chairs, etc) shaped to fit the lines of the human body

contour cultivation, contour farming or contour ploughing noun

The ploughing (and planting) of sloping land along the contour lines to counter erosion

contour feathers plural noun

Feathers lying along a bird's body providing insulation and streamlining

contour line noun

An imaginary line on the ground whose points are all at the same height above sea-level, or the intersection of the ground surface by a level surface of constant elevation
A representation of such a line on a map

contour map noun

A map in which the configuration of land is shown by contour lines