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You can picture a face seen from the side — the clean outline of forehead, nose, lips and chin drawn against the light, the way a face looks on an old coin. That side-on edge, the shape of a thing read along its outline, is the picture the whole word grows from.

可以想成一張從側面看的臉:額頭、鼻子、嘴唇、下巴連成一條乾淨的輪廓線,像古老硬幣上印的側臉。整個字的畫面,就是「沿著…更多收起可以想成一張從側面看的臉:額頭、鼻子、嘴唇、下巴連成一條乾淨的輪廓線,像古老硬幣上印的側臉。整個字的畫面,就是「沿著邊緣描出來的側影、外形」。從這條側面的輪廓,延伸出「把一個人的重點輪廓寫出來(簡介)」,再延伸到「一個人或事物在大家眼中露出多少輪廓(知名度高低)」。

原始詞典資料17 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。

profilenoun/ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/

  • 1

    The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.

    • His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
  • 2

    The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.

    • The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
    • Driver's licenses have a photograph of the person on them, which is in full face if the person is above legal drinking age, or in profile if not.
  • 3

    A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.

    • Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
  • 4

    A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.

    • I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
    • After getting permisssion from my mom, I personal messaged ten different Harveys from her profile who seemed “obviously” Native and lived in Phoenix.
  • 5

    Reputation, prominence; noticeability.

    • Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
  • 6

    The amount by which something protrudes.

    • Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
  • 7

    archaeologyhistoryhuman-sciencesA smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.

  • 8

    Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).

    • What's the thermal profile on that thing?
另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    architectureA section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.

  • 10

    civil-engineeringengineeringnatural-sciencesA drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.

  • 11

    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsAn exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.

  • 12

    computingengineeringmathematicsA user's preferences.

    • A roaming profile allows your settings to follow you from one computer to another across a network.

profileverb/ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/

  • 1

    To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).

    • The book The Men with the Pink Triangles, profiling the lives of gay prisoners in the German concentration camp.
    • A resource that profiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.
  • 2

    To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.

  • 3

    To draw in profile or outline.

  • 4

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.

  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.

    • […] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications.

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