outline是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 提纲; 外形, 轮廓, 略图; vt. 概述, 概括; 描…外形, 描…轮廊，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Three miles to the south the dim outline of Pelusium was to be seen.
-- Further on, some remains of a gigantic aqueduct; here the high base of an Acropolis, with the floating outline of a Parthenon; there traces of a quay, as if an ancient port had formerly abutted on the borders of the ocean, and disappeared with its merchant vessels and its war-galleys.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Outline scarcely matters in this case.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Suddenly I noticed that the circular westward outline of the sun had changed; that a concavity, a bay, had appeared in the curve.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The marsh was steaming in the strong sun, and the outline of the Spy-glass trembled through the haze.
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