| 释义 |
drawing boardˈdrawing board noun [countable]   - A remake of the movie is on the drawing board.
- Additional programs in international studies and telecommunications were on the drawing board.
- For San Jose, it was back to the drawing board.
- It already had a well-developed product on the market, whilst its rivals were struggling to get one on to the drawing board.
- Now there was a solution, that is, if it ever got off the drawing board.
- They must go back to the drawing board and review the whole of youth training.
► Designcross-hatching, nouncutaway, adjectivedesigner, noundrawing board, nounemblem, nounengrave, verbengraving, nounetch, verbetching, nounflowery, adjectivefluted, adjectiveherringbone, nounincise, verbinlaid, adjectivepaisley, nounpatterned, adjectiveplot, nounreticulated, adjectiveschema, nounscroll, nounsection, nounstyle, verbswirl, nountracing, nountracing paper, noun ► (go) back to the drawing board- Voters rejected the bridge expansion plan, so it's back to the drawing board for city engineers.
- For San Jose, it was back to the drawing board.
- So Superman, once the most recognized and revered hero in comic books, was sent back to the drawing board.
- Sometimes, you also have to go back to the drawing board.
- The Cta episode has therefore sent the whole idea of direct dating of petroglyphs back to the drawing board.
- They must go back to the drawing board and review the whole of youth training.
- They want to see the road plan sent back to the drawing board.
- You also could go back to the drawing board with that budget, trying to reduce costs.
- You have to discard the propeller engine and go back to the drawing board.
- Additional programs in international studies and telecommunications were on the drawing board.
- Parisians remain unconvinced that the project will be approved, especially since it is not the only idea on the drawing board.
- Plans also are on the drawing board to develop chips for the cable industry.
- The balancing of these main curves is done on the drawing board.
- Until that changes, the Tobin tax will remain on the drawing board.
1(go) back to the drawing board if you go back to the drawing board, you start again with a completely new plan or idea, after the one you tried before has failed:  The current system just isn’t working – we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.2on the drawing board if a plan or product is on the drawing board, it is in the process of being planned or prepared: Other car manufacturers have similar projects on the drawing board.3a large flat board that artists and designers work on |