silhouette; in the round, at least

Fatal Train Collision in South Carolina

By AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER

An Amtrak train traveling from New York to Miami collided with a freight train early Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 116 others.

林先生說：「去年商務出了兩本袖珍英文字典，其中模範字典係增訂本，其原本於民國十八年（1929）出版。模範以求解作文兩用為主旨多列成語，引證用法，得社會歡迎，獨步一時，乃理所當然。字典有定義而不舉倒，猶如畫像有輪廓而無眉目，空空洞洞，令人疑神疑鬼。某字在某句果此義也，果彼義也，捉摸莫定。一有例句，則前之所謂輪廓者，骨肉豐盈眉目畢現矣。此簡明牛津字典序文謂 " define, and your reader gets silhouette; illustrate, and he has it ‘in the round’” 之謂也。若眞如簡明牛津字典編來，直可謂「血足榮膚，膚足飾肉，肉足冐骨」，可以令人顚倒，豈但得簾中模糊倩影而已？」

in the round

PHRASE

• 1(of sculpture) standing free with all sides shown, rather than carved in relief against a ground.

  1. 1.1 Fully and thoroughly; with all aspects shown.
     ‘to understand social phenomena one must see them in the round’
• 2(of a theatrical performance) with the audience placed on at least three sides of the stage.