卡洛尔，安娜·埃拉1815－1893美国政治小册子作者及顾问，为反对天主教和拥护联邦的事业而撰写了大量著作。她于1862年发表了一本小册子，描画了日后成为亚伯拉罕·林肯总统论述叛乱各州的宪法理论的大致轮廓 American political pamphleteer and adviser who wrote prolifically for anti-Catholic and pro-Union causes. In1862 she published a pamphlet that outlined what was to become President Abraham Lincoln's constitutional theory concerning the rebellious states.
远处模糊的影子；只有朦胧的记忆；黑暗中模糊的影子；在雾中看见建筑物的朦胧轮廓；关于童年的一些朦胧的记忆。 a dim figure in the distance; only a faint recollection; shadowy figures in the gloom; saw a vague outline of a building through the fog; a few wispy memories of childhood.
她是一个轮廓清晰的红发美人儿。 she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful.
初步设计显示设计广告所需全部要素的初步轮廓 A preliminary layout showing all the elements planned for an advertisement.
教堂在天空衬托下显得轮廓分明。 The church was relieved against the sky.
托莱多利用自己印第安人特有的黝黑的皮肤，轮廓分明的脸庞和不高的身材，向此次大选发起了冲击。他的竞选过程中处处充满了获胜的印加帝国国王的肖像，充满了颂扬印第安人荣耀的赞歌。 Toledo capitalized on his dark, chiseled Indian features and short stature to mount a campaign replete with imagery of triumphant Inca emperors and with odes to Indian glory.
耳轮弯折的皮肤边缘，耳廓周围的软骨 The folded rim of skin and cartilage around most of the outer ear.
洗眼杯一个带边的小杯，轮廓与眼窝相符，用来装洗眼的药液或洗眼 A small cup with a rim contoured to fit the socket of the eye, used for applying a liquid medicine or wash to the eye.
五轮八廓 Five Rings and Eight Octants
游廓，走廊；阳台阳台或走廓，通常有顶并部分封闭，沿着建筑物的外部延伸 A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
两三座水塔，两三个钉广告牌的铜架，一两座尖塔，一望相连的沥青的屋顶材料和砖头，形成一些四方形的、矗立的、垂直的轮廓，完全没有什么组织或次序，点缀着一些泥土，退色的烟突，以及几条晒着衣服的绳索和交叉着的无线电天线。 Two or three water towers, the backs of two or three steel frames for billboards, perhaps a spire or two, and a stretch of asphalt roofing material and bricks going up in square, sharp, vertical outlines without any form or order, sprinkled with some dirty, discolored chimneys and a few washlines and crisscross lines of radio aerials.
这四座大厦都座落在诺南迪埃尔街和塞莱斯坦修道院之间，四座府邸的山墙和雉堞被修道院的尖顶一衬托，轮廓线益发显得优雅飘逸。 These four edifices filled the space from the Rue des Nonaindi鑢es, to the abbey of the Celestins, whose spire gracefully relieved their line of gables and battlements.
这小岛的河滩就是巴黎最早的城廓，塞纳河就是它最早的沟堑。 The strand of that island was its first boundary wall, the Seine its first moat.
于是，越过了大堡，越过了小堡，最早的一座城廓和塔楼便开始侵入塞纳河两岸的田野了。 Then, beyond the Grand, beyond the Petit-Chatelet,a first circle of walls and towers began to infringe upon the country on the two sides of the Seine.
在十五世纪，塞纳河在巴黎城廓内流经五个河洲:鲁维埃洲，那时树木葱茏，如今只剩下柴禾了； In the fifteenth century, the Seine bathed five islands within the walls of Paris: Louviers island, where there were then trees, and where there is no longer anything but wood;
塞纳河把京城的城廓切成四个点，左岸为小塔和纳勒塔，右岸是比利炮台和树林炮台，这四个点被誉称为巴黎四塔。 These four points, where the Seine intersected the wall of the capital, the Tournelle and the Tour de Nesle on the right, the Tour de Billy and the Tour du Bois on the left, were called pre-eminently, "the four towers of Paris."
显示…的外形轮廓展示或强调…的外形轮廓 To display or accentuate the outline of.
这无数的房顶、尖塔、高高低低的屋宇，把大学城的外廓线，折叠的折叠，扭曲的扭曲，蚕食的蚕食，真是千奇百怪。从它们的空隙中，最后可以隐隐约约不时看见一大段布满青苔的院墙、一座厚实的圆塔、一道形似堡垒的有雉堞的城门，那便是菲利浦—奥古斯都修道院。 Lastly, in the intervals of these roofs, of these spires, of these accidents of numberless edifices, which bent and writhed,and jagged in so eccentric a manner the extreme line of the University, one caught a glimpse, here and there, of a great expanse of moss-grown wall, a thick, round tower, a crenellated city gate, shadowing forth the fortress; it was the wall of Philip Augustus.
他看到了那幢建筑的轮廓。 He saw the building in silhouette.
外形，轮廓某物的外廓、外形或轮廓 The outline, form, or silhouette of a thing.
蓝天衬映著教堂的轮廓。 The church stands out in silhouette against a blue sky.
在后台放映，比如一个屏幕像轮廓一样。 project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette.
她站在窗前，晨空衬托出她的轮廓。 She stand in front of the window, silhouette against the dawn sky.
清晰易辨的气味；明显的松节油的气味；清晰的轮廓；轮船显出清晰的侧影；清晰的指纹。 a distinct flavor; a distinct odor of turpentine; a distinct outline; the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette; distinct fingerprints.
制服将体现出"麦克唐纳标牌：束腰，轮廓突出，主色调为海军蓝，并将大量使用有弹性的布料，从而突出优雅的身材。" The uniforms will have "the MacDonald stamp; a tight waist and sharp silhouette. The main color will be navy and I'll be using lots of stretch material, which helps define the body."
在夜空的映衬下树木的轮廓看起来像令人恐怖的人影。 The trees look like threatening figures, silhouetted against the evening sky.
直着往前走就能看到傍晚天空衬映着树的轮廓。 Go straight and you can see some trees silhouetted against the evening sky.
勾画出这本书的大致轮廓。 sketch the outline of the book.
拟出大纲或者勾画出轮廓。 draw up an outline or sketch for something.
画出勾划出…的轮廓；画出 To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out.
给我一本纸簿和一支铅笔，我要把我想到的东西勾出一个轮廓来。 Give me a pad and pencil and I'll sketch out what I have in mind.