contour是什么意思（contour的用法）

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一、contour是什么意思

1、contour 轮廓

2、con-, 强调。-tour, 转，词源同turn, tourism.

二、contour的用法

1、contour (n.)

2、1660s, a term in painting and sculpture, from French contour "circumference, outline," from Italian and Medieval Latin contornare "to go around," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + tornare "to turn (on a lathe);" see turn (v.). First recorded application to topography is from 1769. Earlier the word was used to mean "bedspread, quilt" (early 15c.) in reference to its falling over the sides of the mattress. Related: Contoured. Contour line in geography is from 1844.

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