thumbnail sketch的意思不是图画,而是对某事物简短和简洁的叙述或描述。
Robert has just returned from a trip and he's been asked to give a thumbnail sketch of his adventures(冒险经历). A thumbnail sketch isn't actually a picture, it's a brief and concise (简洁的) account (描述) or description of something. "If I hurry up, I'll soon be ready to present my friends with a thumbnail sketch of my trip to Paris," Robert said. "And I will present a thumbnail sketch of the various kinds of fish I saw in the markets there," Sha-sha added. |