释义 |
ˈrough-draw, v. ? Obs. [rough adv.] trans. To draw, draft, or design roughly. Hence ˈrough-drawn ppl. a.
1672Dryden Conq. Granada i. ii. i, His Victories we scarce could keep in view, Or polish 'em so fast as he rough⁓drew. 1679― Troil. & Cress. Prol., In this my rough⁓drawn Play, you shall behold Some Master-strokes. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 21 The Author of such Legal Formularies, tho' they had been rough-drawn by his Clerk or some Body else. 1779Johnson L.P., Cowley, ‘The Guardian,’ a comedy which Cowley says was neither written nor acted, but rough-drawn by him. |