delineate

vt. 描绘...的轮廓, 描绘, 描写

发音

UK /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/
其它

词形变化

delineated delineates 三单 delineates delineating delineating 现在分词 delineated 过去式 delineated 过去分词 more delineate 比较级 most delineate 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Bellmark delineated the space and began to dig. After clearing to about a foot deep he paused.

  2. 2.

    To depict, represent with pictures.

  3. 3.

    To describe or depict with words or gestures.

  4. 4.

    To outline or mark out.

    比喻
adj.
  1. 1.

    Delineated, sketched out.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

line draw trace describe define outline specify delimit delimitate limn

上位词 9

find show mark draw describe determine ascertain depict find out

下位词 8

write determine lipstick construct redefine contour inscribe circumscribe

近义相关 1

draw
形容词

同义词 1

represented

近义相关 3

pictured diagrammatic diagrammatical

词源

First attested in 1559; borrowed from Latin dēlīneātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- + līnea (“line”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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