| 词汇 | rough out |
| 释义 | Idiom rough outrough (something) out 1. to make a first plan for an activity. Tyler started to rough out a list of schools she might want to attend. 2. to create something in its approximate, but not finished, form. We watched as a carver began to work on the block of stone, roughing the sculpture out. Phr V rough out roughs, roughing, roughed rough out sth or rough sth out if you rough out a drawing or an idea, you draw or write the main parts of it without showing the detailsI've roughed out a little play for the children to perform.She began her painting by roughing out the mountains in the background. rough out sth • rough sth out BrE to draw or write something without including all the exact details: I sat down at my desk and began to rough out a poem. a diagram the engineer had roughed out on his notepad■ SIMILAR TO: sketch out rough outTo make or prepare a quick, preliminary, or unfinished form of something, such as a plan or idea. They said they wanted to hear what I had in mind for the direction of the company, so I roughed out a few ideas ahead of the board meeting. Let's rough out an itinerary for our time in Italy. rough something outto make a rough sketch of something. I will rough it out and have one of the staff artists attend to the details. Jane roughed out a picture of the proposed building. rough outAlso, rough in. Prepare or indicate in unfinished form, as in He roughed out several plans for a merger, or They roughed in where the doors would go without checking with the architect. [Second half of 1700s] rough outv. To prepare or indicate something in an unfinished form; make a preliminary sketch or plan of something: We met to rough out the agenda for the upcoming week. They roughed a plan out and estimated how long the project would take. |
| 随便看 |
|
青年旅行网英语在线翻译词典收录了440382条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。