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limn vt. 描写,描绘 描写,描绘 limn v 1: trace the shape of [ synonym: { delineate}, { limn}, { outline}] 2: make a portrait of; " Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [ synonym: { portray}, { depict}, { limn}] Limn \ Limn\ ( l[ i^] m), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Limned} ( l[ i^] md); p. pr. & vb. n. { Limning} ( l[ i^] m" n[ i^] ng or l[ i^] m"[ i^] ng).] [ OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [ root] 122. See { Illuminate}, { Luminous}.] 1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. [ 1913 Webster] Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms. [ PJC] 3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders. [ 1913 Webster] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " limn": bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, contour, copy, crayon, crosshatch, dash off, daub, delineate, depict, describe, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, evoke, express, give words to, hatch, hit off, image, interpret, map, notate, outline, paint, paint a picture, pencil, picture, picturize, portray, print, profile, register, render, represent, rub, schematize, scratch, scumble, set forth, shade, silhouette, sketch, stencil, symbolize, take a rubbing, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, write
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