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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- contour
['kɔntuər]
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1.
noun
[c]
(shape，outline) 轮廓
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2.
noun
(also： contour line) (on map) 地形线
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- contour
['kɑntυr]
['kɔntuə]
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1.
noun
轮廓，外形
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2.
noun
轮廓的描绘；轮廓线；周线，围道，外形界线；海岸线略图
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3.
vt.
（描）画…的轮廓（或外形）；画…的等高线（或等值线）
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4.
vt.
在…上标轮廓线
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5.
vt.
使与轮廓相符
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a chair contoured to fit the body
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一张合身的椅子
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6.
vt.
循（或沿）等高线筑（路等）
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7.
adjective
使制造得与（某物的）轮廓（或外形）相符的
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contour sheets for a bed
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使床单大小与床相符
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8.
adjective
（为防止侵蚀而在山坡上）循等高线开沟的
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contour farming
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循等高线开沟的耕作
Collins English-English Dictionary
- contour
['kɒntυə]
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1.
n
the outline of a mass of land, figure, or body; a defining line
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2.
n
See contour line
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3.
n
(as modifier)
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a contour map
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4.
n
[often plural]
the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
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the contours of her body were full and round
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5.
n
[modifier]
shaped to fit the form of something
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a contour chair
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6.
n
a rising and falling variation pattern, as in music and intonation
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to shape so as to form the contour of something
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8.
vt.
to mark contour lines on
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9.
vt.
to construct (a road, railway, etc) to follow the outline of the land
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10.
vt.
[Etymology]
C17: from French, from Italian contorno, from contornare to sketch, from tornare to turn
Examples
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contour farming
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循等高线开沟的耕作
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a contour map
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等高线地图
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contour map
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