| 单词 | diagram |
| 释义 | diagram (once / 1004 pages) nv A diagram is a drawing that shows the different parts of something and how they work together. If you follow a diagram for assembling bunk beds and finish with parts left over, you should ask for the top bunk, not the bottom one. Diagram goes back to the Greek verb diagraphein, meaning "to mark out by lines," and a diagram uses line drawings to explain something. Electronic equipment comes with a long instruction booklet and a one-page diagram, and it's usually the diagram that helps most in connecting the device. A diagram can also be a complex drawing, like an engineering plan for airplanes. When you make a line drawing of your own, you can use diagram as a verb, as when you diagram a sentence. WORD FAMILYdiagram: diagraming, diagrammatic, diagrammatical, diagrammed, diagramming, diagrams+/diagrammatic: diagrammatically USAGE EXAMPLESThe diagrams show what you need to measure. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) We pick it up from today’s diagram, where Black is desperately trying to gin up some counterthreats with his king under heavy fire. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) In November a series of animated diagrams on state television’s evening news portrayed NGOs as a crony network that grew rich on taxpayers’ money. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) 1n a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts Hypo|Hyper block diagram a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system) horoscopea diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place schematic, schematic drawingdiagram of an electrical or mechanical system Venn diagram, Venn's diagrama diagram that uses circles to represent mathematical or logical sets pictorially inside a rectangle (the universal set); elements that are common to more than one set are represented by intersections of the circles zodiac(astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs wiring diagrama schematic drawing of the wiring of an electrical system drawing a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines 2v make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed Syn|Hypo|Hyper plot graph plot upon a graph draw represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。