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.
雙語例句
1. He is moving ever closer to drawing his pension.
他就要領取養老金了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The appointed hour of the ceremony was drawing nearer.
既定的典禮時間就快到了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. And all the time next spring's elections are drawing closer.
明年春天的選舉即將來臨。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We expected every drawing exercise to show us up as hopeless artists.
我們預計每次素描練習都會令我們看上去像是不成氣候的藝術家。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.