blueprint

blueprint
noun
  1. a design plan or other technical drawing
    蓝图,设计图
    ■(figurative)something which acts as a plan, model, or template
    (喻)规划,蓝图,模型,模版
    the scheme was a blueprint for future development programmes.
    那个方案是将来开发项目的蓝图。
verb
  1. [with obj.](N. Amer.)draw up (a plan or model)
    (北美)起草(计划),设计(模型)
    [as adj. blueprinted]a neatly blueprinted scheme.
    设计巧妙的方案。
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from the original process in which prints were composed of white lines on a blue ground or of blue lines on a white ground
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