单词 | rough-draft |
释义 | rough-draftv. transitive. To draft in a rough or preliminary form. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > draft scrolla1732 redraft1795 draft1828 rough-draft1844 1844 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 4 July The petition..had been only rough drafted by the witness. 1846 Metrop. Mag. 45 451 I imagined, composed, rough-drafted, and fairly copied out the momentous announcement. 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot x. 101 I am ready to rough-draft any form of settlement you dictate. 1930 E. Paul & C. Paul tr. E. Ludwig Lincoln iv. xvii. 367 In the Indiana cabin, he used to rough-draft in charcoal on a board that which [etc.]. 1975 I. K. Martin Regan & Manhattan File 110 Regan..rough-drafted Cassidy's report as a favour. 2007 Boston Herald (Nexis) 10 Jan. 7 In a way he was rough-drafting his own obituary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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