c. 1300, "a pulling," in various senses, verbal noun from draw (v.). The "picture-making" sense is from 1520s; of the picture itself from 1660s. Drawing board is from 1725; used in figurative expression from mid-20c.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He is moving ever closer to drawing his pension.
他就要領(lǐng)取養(yǎng)老金了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The appointed hour of the ceremony was drawing nearer.
既定的典禮時(shí)間就快到了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. And all the time next spring's elections are drawing closer.
明年春天的選舉即將來(lái)臨。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. We expected every drawing exercise to show us up as hopeless artists.