sketch

• n. 素描；略图；梗概
• vt. 画素描或速写
• vi. 画素描或速写
• n. (Sketch)人名；(英)斯凯奇

来自拉丁语 schedium,临时作品，来自希腊语 skhedios,临时做的，来自 PIE*segh,持有，握住， 想出，词源同 schema,scheme.引申诸相关词义。

1. preliminary drawing for later elaboration;

"he made several studies before starting to paint"

2. a brief literary description

3. short descriptive summary (of events)

4. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

sketch

sketch: [17] Sketch comes ultimately from Greek skhédios ‘impromptu’. This reached English by a rather roundabout route: via Latin schedius, which led to a Vulgar Latin verb schediāre ‘do hastily’, source of Italian schizzare ‘make a sketch’, which in turn produced the noun schizzo ‘sketch’, borrowed into English via German skizze or Dutch schets.

sketch (n.)

"rough drawing intended to serve as the basis for a finished picture," 1660s, from Dutch schets or Low German skizze, both apparently 17c. artists' borrowings from Italian schizzo "sketch, drawing," which is commonly said to be from Latin *schedius (OED compares schedia "raft," schedium "an extemporaneous poem"), from or related to Greek skhedios "temporary, extemporaneous, done or made off-hand," related to skhema "form, shape, appearance" (see scheme (n.)). But according to Barnhart Italian schizzo is a special use of schizzo "a splash, squirt," from schizzare "to splash or squirt," of uncertain origin.

Extended sense of "brief account" is from 1660s; meaning "short play or performance, usually comic" is from 1789. Sketch-book recorded from 1820. German Skizze, French esquisse, Spanish esquicio are likewise from Italian schizzo.

sketch (v.)

1690s, "present the essential facts of," from sketch (n.). Meaning "draw, portray in outline and partial shading" is from 1725. Related: Sketched; sketcher; sketching.

describe, represent, sketch, picture

这些动词均有"描写，描述"之意。

describe： 侧重指描述细节，给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。

represent： 指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。

sketch： 指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。

picture： 着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。

draft, outline, diagram, plot, sketch, blueprint

这些词既可作动词也可作名词用，作动词时均有"绘制"之意；作名词时都含"草图"之意。

draft： 用作动词时指按准确比例设计或打样；作名词时专指精确的草图或草案。

outline： 主要给出事物要点或轮廓，强调简化了的整体。

diagram： 侧重指用图形、图表等来说明。

plot： 可与draft和diagram换用，但侧重于表示具体的点、面、部分或目标，从而使相互关系以及和整体的关系得以明确。

sketch： 指用图、模型或语言描述来表示某一事物的整体情况。

blueprint： 主要指绘制蓝图或制定纲领或规划。这个词引申用来指详细而具体的行动计划。

drawing, illustration, cartoon, diagram, picture, sketch, painting, portrait

这些名词都表示"画，图"之意。

drawing： 指用线条或色彩绘成的图画。

illustration： 指插入书页之间帮助说明的任何插图或图解。

cartoon： 指幽默或讽刺性漫画。

diagram： 多指科技书籍或文献中具有概括解说作用的图表、图样或略图。

picture： 指广义的"图画"，现多用来指相片、画像。

sketch： 通常指只画出物体主要特征的图画。

painting： 指着色的画。

portrait： 指肖像，只用于指人。

Later, in his cook books, he would often include a sketch of himself, so that people on the street would be able to recognize—and admire—him.

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

The first published sketch, “A Dinner at Poplar Walk” brought tears to Dickens’s eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magazine.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

Soon after Sketches by Boz appeared, a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments, as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the ten-famous artist Robert Seymour, who had originated the idea for the story.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

From then on his sketches ,which appeared under the pen name “Boz” in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter’s eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

The first published sketch, "A dinner at Poplar Walk" brought tears to Dickens'eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magazine.

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The artist is making sketches for his next painting.

画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。

牛津词典

She drew a sketch map of the area to show us the way.

她画了一幅这个地区的略图，用来给我们指路。

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The drama group did a sketch about a couple buying a new car.

剧社上演了一出夫妻二人买新车的短剧。

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a biographical sketch of the Prime Minister

首相生平简介

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He quickly sketched the view from the window.

他很快勾勒出了窗外的风景。

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She sketched out her plan for tackling the problem.

她简要叙述了解决问题的计划。

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...a sketch of a soldier by Orpen.

奥彭所画的一幅士兵素描

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Clare and David Astor are sketching a view of far Spanish hills...

克莱尔和戴维·阿斯特正在画远处西班牙山峦的风景素描。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I always sketch with pen and paper.

我总是用钢笔和纸画素描。

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...thumbnail sketches of heads of state and political figures...

对国家元首和政治人物的简略叙述

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I had a basic sketch of a plan.

我有一个基本的计划框架。

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Cross sketched the story briefly, telling the facts just as they had happened.

克罗斯简要地叙述了事情的经过，把当时发生的情况一五一十地说了一遍。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a five-minute sketch about a folk singer.

刻画一位民歌手的 5 分钟幽默短剧

柯林斯高阶英语词典

With this program you can get not just black and white sketch, but a color picture.

用此程序中你可以不只是黑白素描, 而是一个彩色图片.

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This is very roughly sketch for my first concept.

这是一张很粗糟的想法和构图.

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Sketch possible equations, figures, and schemes.

展示相关的方程, 图表和示意图.

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He made a sketch of the motor.

他画了一张电机的草图.

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Idle John had been doing sketch comedy for far longer than any of us.

Idle:John做喜剧的时间比我们任何一个都长.

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Do you think you could give an accurate description to our sketch artist?

你能对我们的素描家详细描述下他的样子 吗 ?

电影对白

He is working up a sketch into a picture.

他正在把一幅速写加工成一幅画.

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Base on this conceptual model, I present the sketch design and the WebGIS prototype.

在这个模型的基础上, 从概要设计开始,逐步细化,最后提出了WebGIS原型系统.

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The ability to make a freehand drawing or sketch is an essential skill for every engineer.

随手作图的能力乃是每一位工程师所必备的技能.

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And can draw the geology, mining the sketch.

并可绘制地质 、 采矿图形.

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Sometimes I sketch on paper and others I start sketching in Illustrator.

有时候我在纸上画手绘草稿,有时候在Illustrator里做草图.

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He fills in a sketch with shadow.

他在画稿上添衬上阴影.

《简明英汉词典》

Sketch the region enclosed by and. Then find area of the region.

画出被及所包围出的区域, 再求其区域面积.

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Through a study of basic sketch teaching are some mistakes in architectural education now.

通过对现行建筑学基础素描教学误区的分析,提出对建筑学教育中基础素描教学思想的重构.

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My sister often goes into the country to sketch.

我姐姐常到乡间去写生.

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