tracing
tracing — noun
- tracingsingular
- tracingsplural
1. an image you produce by placing a see-through sheet over a drawing and following
an image you produce by placing a see-through sheet over a drawing and following its lines with a pencil or pen
The art student made a tracing of the cathedral's rose window before painting.
make a tracing of [something] — produce a traced copy
Trang placed tracing paper over the map and made a careful tracing of the coastline.
The museum keeps Dario's tracings of da Vinci's anatomy sketches for art students.
For her embroidery project, Baraka used a flower tracing to transfer the design onto fabric.
The teacher compared each child's tracing of the butterfly outline.
- copy
more general; a tracing is a specific type of copy made by drawing through transparent paper
- reproduction
suggests a more exact or official duplicate than a hand-made tracing
文法句型
make a tracing of [something]
用法筆記
Countable — you can own or refer to one or more tracings as physical objects. Not to be confused with the uncountable act or process sense (sense 2).
常見錯誤
2. the process of following and recording the path, origin, or development of somet
the process of following and recording the path, origin, or development of something by examining its marks, movements, or historical records
The detective worked on the tracing of the suspect's path through the city.
the tracing of [something] — formal noun pattern
Archaeologists rely on the tracing of trade routes by studying pottery at village sites.
Sumin enjoys the careful tracing of family history and built a five-generation family tree.
The tracing of the call's origin took the technician less than ten minutes.
The tracing of circles and ovals helped Rin improve her hand control before drawing freehand.
文法句型
the tracing of [something]
用法筆記
Commonly followed by 'of + [object]' to specify what is being traced. This sense is uncountable when referring to the activity in general ('Tracing requires patience') but may appear with a determiner ('a careful tracing of...') when describing a specific instance.