DRAW1 to draw a picture, pattern, line etc2 something that you drawRELATED WORDSsee alsoPAINTPICTUREDESIGNART/CULTUREPATTERN1 to draw a picture, pattern, line etc 画画、图案、线条等draw /drɔː/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to make a picture, pattern, line etc using a pen or pencil 绘画；画 What are you drawing? 你在画什么？ She can draw really well. 她的画画得非常好。 I'm good at drawing animals, but I can't draw people. 我擅长画动物，但画人物不行。draw a picture of somebody/something Mike was sitting outside, drawing a picture of the trees at the bottom of the garden. 迈克坐在外面画花园尽头的那些树。draw a line/circle/square etc Someone had drawn a line under my name. 有人在我名字下划了一条线。sketch /sketʃ/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to make a quick, simple drawing of a person, place etc, without many details 画速写，画素描 Maggie grabbed a piece of paper and quickly sketched the bird before it flew away. 玛吉抓过一张纸，趁那只鸟没飞走前赶快把它画下来。 He sat by the river, sketching. 他坐在河边画素描。doodle /ˈduːdl/ [intransitive verb]to draw shapes, lines, or patterns without really thinking about what you are doing, for example when you are thinking about something else or when you feel bored 〔心不在焉地〕乱涂乱画 I always doodle while I'm talking on the phone. 我在打电话时总是乱涂乱画。doodle on Simon was lying on the floor, doodling on a sheet of paper. 西蒙躺在地板上，在一张纸上乱涂画。scribble /ˈskrɪbəl/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to quickly draw lines and shapes without making any particular pattern, shape, or picture - use this especially about what small children do before they have learnt to draw or write 〔尤指幼儿〕乱画，乱写 Katie can't draw a real picture yet but she enjoys scribbling with crayons. 凯蒂还不能很正经地画画，但她喜欢用蜡笔乱涂乱画。scribble all over/on something Oh no! One of the kids has scribbled all over my report! 噢，糟了！有个孩子把我的报告画得一塌糊涂！scribble [countable noun]trace /treɪs/ [transitive verb]to copy a picture by putting transparent paper over it and then drawing along the lines of the picture 〔用透明纸覆盖在图上〕映描，描摹 The children traced the map of France and then wrote in the names of the places they had visited. 孩子们映描了法国地图，并写上他们到过的地名。2 something that you draw 所画的某物drawing /ˈdrɔːɪŋ/ [countable noun]a picture that you draw with a pen or pencil 〔用钢笔或铅笔画的〕图画 Leonardo da Vinci's drawings show an immensely inventive and inquiring mind. 莱奥纳多·达·芬奇的画显示出他极富创造性与探索精神的心智。do a drawing of something I did a drawing of the church. 我画了一幅这座教堂的画。sketch /sketʃ/ [countable noun]a quick, simple drawing that does not show many details 速写，素描；草图sketch of She opened her folder and took out a sketch of her mother. 她打开文件夹，取出一张她母亲的速写画。do/draw a sketch Phil drew a sketch to show us what the new school would look like. 菲尔画了张速写给我们看新学校是什么样子的。rough sketcha sketch that is not very exact or detailed 草图 I've done a rough sketch of how to get to the church. 我粗略地画了张怎么去教堂的路线图。doodle /ˈduːdl/ [countable noun usually plural]a drawing of shapes, lines, or patterns that you do when you are thinking about something else or when you are bored 〔心不在焉地〕乱涂乱画 By the end of the lecture the back of my book was covered in little doodles. 讲座结束时，我的书背面全是一块块涂涂画画。scribble /ˈskrɪbəl/ [countable noun usually plural]a drawing of lines, shapes etc that look untidy and have no particular pattern, shape, or picture - use this especially about what small children do before they can draw or write properly 〔尤指幼儿〕乱画，乱写 How am I going to get all these scribbles off the wallpaper? 我怎么把墙纸上那些乱涂乱画擦掉呢？