核心畫面

Picture a large sheet of blue paper with white lines on it, spread out on a table: every measurement of the building is on there, drawn before a single brick is laid. A blueprint is the complete plan that something gets built from — and the word now names any such plan, including the one written inside a cell.

可以想成:桌上攤開一大張藍色的紙,上面是白色的線條,整棟建築的尺寸都畫在那裡——在第一塊磚砌上去之前就畫好了。blu更多收起可以想成:桌上攤開一大張藍色的紙,上面是白色的線條,整棟建築的尺寸都畫在那裡——在第一塊磚砌上去之前就畫好了。blueprint 就是照著蓋出東西來的那份完整計畫;現在這個字也用來指任何這樣的計畫,包括寫在細胞裡的那一份。

From the picture

做事的完整計畫

把圖紙從工地搬到會議室:不是蓋房子,而是解決一個問題、推動一項改革,但同樣是一份詳細到可以照著做的計畫。

detailed plan · noun · B1

A clear plan that shows how to do something important or how to solve a problem.

藍圖

生物體內的那份設計

把同一份圖紙放進細胞裡:生物照著它長成什麼樣子。這是科普和生物學裡固定的比喻說法。

genetic blueprint · noun · B2

The pattern inside living cells that decides how a person, animal, or plant grows and what it looks like.

基因藍圖

Also in this word

blueprint (drawing) · noun · B1

A special blue paper copy of a building or machine plan that shows how to make it.

藍圖/設計圖

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

blueprintnoun/ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/

  • 1

    A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

  • 2

    A print produced with this process.

  • 3

    architectureengineeringnatural-sciencesA detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).

  • 4

    informalAny detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.

    • Ain't got no blueprint, just a purpose and a wrecking ball!
    • This demonstrated serious intent, and the result is a report that should be a blueprint for subsequent assessments when road schemes are being put forward.

blueprintverb/ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/

  • 1

    To make a blueprint for.

    • The architect blueprinted the renovation plan once the client had signed off.
  • 2

    To make a detailed operational plan for; to design or plan out.

    • They blueprinted every aspect of the first phase of the operation.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。