n (1)速写，素描，草图(rough drawing，painting or plan)[C]：draw (make) a～of a view/a person 画风景/人物素描;make a rough～of a harbour 绘制海港草图;I took several～es on the way. 我在途中作了几幅素描。a pen-and-ink～钢笔素描;a silhouette～侧面速写;a～in black and white 黑白素描;

(2)概略，梗概(short written or spoken account without details)[C]：give sb a～of one's plan 向某人概述自己的计划;a biographical～传略;a brief (short)～of sb's career/one's life 生平简介;a character～人物简评;a concise historical～of the progress of science 科学发展简史;

(3)滑稽短剧，短文，小品文(short comic play;short piece of writing)[C]：The actors amused the audience with several impromptu～es. 演员们即兴表演了几个滑稽短剧，使观众感到很有趣。write a funny～about English food 写一篇关于英国食品的有趣短文;write satirical～es for a magazine 为一家杂志写讽刺小品文;a travel～旅行随笔;

v(1)作素描(速写)，写生(make rough drawings，paintings，etc)[I，T+n]：She～es purely as a hobby. 她写生纯粹是一种业余爱好。She likes to～in the park. 她喜欢在公园里写生。～directly from nature instead of from books 直接从大自然写生，而不是从画本上临摹;He～ed the mountains many times before making a painting of them. 他先对群山作过多次速写，然后才开始创作油画。

(2)概述，草拟(describe or plan without completing the details)[T+n]：～the history of the university 概述这所大学的历史;The historical article～ed the major events of the decade. 那篇关于历史的文章概述了这10年的重大事件。～(out) a plan 草拟一份计划;

sketch in (v adv)粗略地添加，简略地补充(vt)：The artist has～ed in a few trees to show what the new building will look like in its natural surroundings. 画家粗略地添加了几棵树，以显示新建筑物在其自然环境中会是什么样子。

sketch out (v adv)概述(vt)：Let me～out what I have in mind. 我来简单叙述一下我心里想的是什么。

→′sketcher n 画略图者，作素描者;′sketchy adj 大概的，粗略的;′sketchily adv 大概地，粗略地;′sketch-book n 速写(素描)簿，短文集;′sketch-pad n 速写(素描)簿;′sketch-map n 略图，示意图