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fine-draw

/fahyn-draw/US // ˈfaɪnˈdrɔ //

精描淡写,精抽,精绘,精描细画

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fine-drew, fine-drawn, fine-draw·ing.

    • : Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
    • : to draw out to extreme fineness, tenuity, or subtlety.

Examples

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.

  • Anyone who tries to draw attention to threats instead of quietly burying them is worsening the problem.

  • Hey, whatever keeps those lecherous freaks from sexually assaulting humans is fine by us.

  • Sting took over the lead role to try to draw an audience, but his thumpingly inspirational score was already the hero of the show.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.

  • Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.

  • His strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.

  • It was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.