blueprint
UK/'blu:'print/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A detailed technical drawing or plan, especially of a building
蓝图，设计图
n.
A detailed plan for achieving something
详细计划，行动方案
v.
To draw up a detailed plan for something
为……制定详细方案
Root Breakdown
Native Englishblue + print. It named a literal copying process: architectural drawings reproduced as white lines on blue paper. From building plans the word leaped to mean any detailed scheme — 'a blueprint for reform,' 'the genetic blueprint.' The blue chemistry is gone, but the 'master plan' sense stayed.
Root print still carries 6 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.blueprint for success成功蓝图
- 2.blueprint for reform改革蓝图
- 3.genetic blueprint基因蓝图
- 4.follow the blueprint依照蓝图
Example Sentences
- 1.
The architect unrolled the blueprint on the table.
- 2.
The report offers a blueprint for economic reform.