| 单词 |
underdraw |
| 释义 |
underˈdraw, v.|ʌndə-, ˌʌndə-|
[under-1 4 a, 10 a.]
1. trans. To mark by lines drawn underneath.
1799A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 195 The motto you will find underdrawn in the lines which suggested my design.
2. To cover (the inside of a roof or the under-side of a floor) with boards or with lath and plaster.
Hence dial. underdrawing, a ceiling.
1843Wordsw. Prose Wks. (1876) III. 201 The interior of it has been..made warmer by underdrawing the roof, and raising the floor. 1865Spectator 22 Apr. 435 The mud walls bulging in here and out there; the roof of thatch, and not underdrawn.
3. To represent or depict inadequately.
1865Mrs. H. Wood Mildred Arkell I. xvi. 282 The sufferings described..were underdrawn rather than the contrary. 1890Academy 3 May 300/2 One seems to be overdrawn, while the other is underdrawn.
4. To draw from a bank-account so as to leave a reserve. Also absol.
1898Times 12 July 13/4, I..generally underdrew so as to leave a margin. |
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