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delineator

/dih-lin-ee-ey-ter/US // dɪˈlɪn iˌeɪ tər //UK // (dɪˈlɪnɪˌeɪtə) //

划线员,划线器,划线师,分界线

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that delineates.
    • : a tailor's pattern that can be adjusted for cutting garments of different sizes.

Examples

  • As a delineator of men and manners, she is remarkable for shrewdness, subtle perception, and truthfulness that cannot be mistaken.

  • However great she was as a delineator of character, she is not an oracle as a moral teacher.

  • Every page reveals the literary artist, the keen observer, the trained delineator of human nature, its weal and its woe.'

  • Harvey was an exquisite delineator of the seaweeds of which he was so enthusiastic a student.

  • In him the South has found a masterly delineator of its interior life and its history.