| 单词 | delineation |
| 释义 | delineation (once / 3453 pages) n Delineation is the act of representing something or describing it. The portrait you paint of your best friend is a delineation of that person. A delineation can refer to any kind of pictorial representation of something else, like a geometric sketch or a map of a city. A delineation more generally means any kind of accurate or vivid portrayal of something else. So, a lively summary of a book that makes the listener feel she read it herself can be a delineation. Telling someone else what you dreamed about last night is a delineation of that dream. WORD FAMILYdelineation: delineations+/delineate: delineated, delineates, delineating, delineation, delineative/delineated: undelineated USAGE EXAMPLES“In previous campaigns, there was a clear delineation between the serious main event and the reckless fringe, but not in this one,” Ronson writes. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The careful orchestration of TV news, like the delineation of newspapers into sections, was perhaps, all along, a sort of protection. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) It's all presented in a tabloid style - and the site has no clear delineations between news, analysis, commentary and opinion. BBC(Nov 19, 2016) 1n a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects Syn|Hypo|Hyper depiction, limning, line drawing animalization a depiction in the form of an animal drawing a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines 2n representation by drawing or painting etc Syn|Hypo|Hyper depiction, portrayal portraiture the activity of making portraits pictorial representation, picturing visual representation as by photography or painting 3n a graphic or vivid verbal description Syn|Hypo|Hyper characterisation, characterization, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting epithet descriptive word or phrase portrait, portraiture, portrayala word picture of a person's appearance and character description, verbal description a statement that represents something in words |
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