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单词 rough draft
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rough draftn.

Brit. /rʌf ˈdrɑːft/, /rʌf ˈdraft/, U.S. /ˌrəf ˈdræft/
Forms: 1500s– rough draught, 1600s– rough draft.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough adj., draft n.
Etymology: < rough adj. + draft n.
A first, preliminary, or original draft (of a document, story, etc.). Also in figurative context.
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society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > preliminary or rough copy
draught1528
rough draft1576
foul papers1601
rough copy1638
essay1656
concept1658
draft1769
upset1841
1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia sig. ¶¶¶¶.i And [I] haue herewithall sent you, for your better vnderstandinge, a rough draught, of a vniuersall Map in the end of the boke.
1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations lvi. 329 At this time also the adumbration, or rough draft of the rest of the Body seems to succeed.
a1699 W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in Wks. (1720) I. 263 I shall..trace upon this Paper the rough Draught of some such Notions as I have had long and often in my Head.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 272. ⁋1 The rough Draught of the Marriage Settlement.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiii. 173 His Agrarian law, the rough draft of which had been already discussed.
1921 T. S. Eliot Let. 4 Nov. (1988) I. 484 I have done a rough draft of part of part III, but do not know whether it will do.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Apr. (Central ed.) a16/2 It is likely that these..critics are trying to write their own first, rough draft of historic blame shifting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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