draw‧ing S3 W3 / drɔɪŋ $ drɒ- / 名词

1 [可数名词] a picture that you draw with a pencil, pen etc

drawing of

a drawing of Canterbury Cathedral

2 [不可数名词] the art or skill of making pictures, plans etc with a pen or pencil :

I’ve never been very good at drawing.

3 [可数名词] American English a competition in which people whose names or tickets are chosen by chance win money or prizes 同义词 draw British English :

The church social will include a buffet dinner and a prize drawing .

COLLOCATIONS

动词

do/make a drawing Sammy was doing a drawing of his sister.

a drawing shows something The drawing showed a castle surrounded by woods.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + drawing

a detailed drawing He made detailed drawings of animals and flowers.

a line drawing (= consisting only of lines ) The front cover had a line drawing of a girl on the beach.

a pencil/ink/charcoal etc drawing (= done using a pencil, ink etc ) I like to do a few pencil drawings when I go away anywhere.

a scale drawing (= showing the correct relative sizes of things ) The architect made a scale drawing of the new room.

THESAURUS

drawing a picture drawn with a pencil, pen, crayon etc : I did a drawing of the front of the house.

sketch a drawing that is done quickly and has few details : When she was traveling, she drew quick sketches of the places she’d seen.

doodle a shape or pattern that you draw when you are bored or thinking about other things : His schoolbooks were always covered in doodles.

graffiiti drawings or writing that people secretly put on walls or other public places : Vandals had covered the station in graffiti.

comic strip a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine : Asterix started off in a comic strip.

cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine : There is a ‘New Yorker’ cartoon which depicts various inventions for keeping warm.