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单词 thumbnail
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thumbnail


thumbnail sketch

1. A small picture that presents a smaller version of a larger image or proposed image. Before fully redesigning the layout of the office, the interior designer provided me with a thumbnail sketch of his initial plans.2. A short description or preview. Class, each of you will need to submit a thumbnail sketch of your essay topic for my approval.See also: sketch, thumbnail

a thumbnail sketch

a brief or small picture or description. The manager gave a thumbnail sketch of her plans. The student wrote a thumbnail sketch of his project.See also: sketch, thumbnail

thumbnail sketch

A brief outline or cursory description, as in Let me give you a thumbnail sketch of the situation. This idiom alludes to drawing a picture no larger than a thumbnail. [Mid-1800s] See also: sketch, thumbnail

thumbnail sketch

n. a quick and concise description. (One that could be written on someone’s thumbnail.) Let me give you a thumbnail sketch of what happened. See also: sketch, thumbnail

thumbnail


thumbnail

1. the nail of the thumb 2. Computing a small image which can be expanded

thumbnail

(file format, graphics)(From "thumbnail sketch") A fileformat used by Graphics Workshop for Microsoft Windows.Filename extension: ".thn".

thumbnail

A miniature representation of a page or image that is used to identify a file by its contents. Clicking the thumbnail opens the file. Thumbnails are an option in file managers, such as Windows Explorer, and they are found in photo editing and graphics program to quickly browse multiple images in a folder. In drawing programs and programs that deal with page layouts, thumbnails might be used to rearrange the page order by dragging and dropping them into a different sequence.

thumbnail


thumbnail

(thŭm′nāl′)n.1. The nail of the thumb.2. Computers An image of a graphic or document that is reduced in size so that it serves as an icon of a larger image. This allows multiple images to be viewed on a screen simultaneously or to be transmitted more rapidly.adj.1. Of, relating to, or of the size of a thumbnail.2. Greatly reduced or limited in scale or scope: a thumbnail sketch; a thumbnail biography.tr.v. thumb·nailed, thumb·nailing, thumb·nails Computers To generate a reduced size image of (a graphic or document).

thumbnail


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  • adj
  • noun

Synonyms for thumbnail

adj brief

Synonyms

  • brief
  • short
  • concise
  • quick
  • compact
  • succinct
  • pithy

Words related to thumbnail

noun the nail of the thumb

Related Words

  • pollex
  • thumb
  • fingernail
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