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大纲,轮廓,概要描画轮廓,描述要点大纲,分级,轮廓

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Outline \Out"line`\, n.
   1.
      (a) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or
          figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
      (b) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the
          like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
      (c) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a
          figure without shading.

                Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and
                shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general
      indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as,
      the outline of a speech.

            But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and
            no more.                              --Tennyson.

   Syn: Sketch; draught; delineation. See {Sketch}.

Outline \Out"line`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlined}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Outlining}.]
   1. To draw the outline of.

   2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to
      outline an argument or a campaign.

资料来源 : WordNet®

outline
     n 1: the line that appears to bound an object [syn: {lineation}]
     2: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or
        theory [syn: {synopsis}, {abstract}, {precis}]
     3: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: {schema}, {scheme}]
     v 1: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or
          summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline
          his ideas" [syn: {sketch}, {adumbrate}]
     2: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
        [syn: {draft}]
     3: trace the shape of [syn: {delineate}, {limn}]