contour

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n. 轮廓 vt. 画轮廓 a. 显示轮廓的 [计] 轮廓

发音

US /ˈkɒntɔː(ɹ)/
AU /ˈkɔntʉːə/
NZ /ˈkɔntʉːə/
AU /ˈkɒntʉːə/
NZ /ˈkɒntʉːə/

词形变化

contours 复数 contours contoured contouring contours 三单 contouring 现在分词 contoured 过去式 contoured 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

轮廓；等高线；周线；电路；概要

动词

画轮廓；画等高线

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

    轮廓

    the low drag contour of a modern automobile

  2. 2.

    A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.

  3. 3.

    a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

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  4. 4.

    A general description giving the most important points.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To mark with contour lines.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To practise the makeup technique of contouring.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To shape conditions regarding salient points.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

form shape configuration conformation contour line

上位词 4

feature characteristic isometric spatiality

下位词 10

curve narrowing curvature topography sharpness keenness angularity bluntness concaveness concavity
动词

上位词 3

outline delineate limn

下位词 1

streamline

相关短语

contour line 等高线, 轮廓线 [化] 等值线; 等高线; 轮廓线 contour interval contour map 等高线地图 [计] 等值线图 contour feather 廓羽, 正羽 contour feathers contour lines [医] 外廓线, 外形线, 欧文氏线 contour tone contour integral contour maps contour integrals contour intervals contour tones contour chase contour chasing n. (沿地形的)超低空航行 contour chases

词源

Borrowed from French contour, from contourner, equivalent to con- + tour.

来源：wiktionary