She traced the contours of his face with her finger.

她用手指摸遍了他脸部的轮廓。

The road follows the natural contours of the coastline.

这条路沿着海岸线的自然轮廓延伸。

The water table is not flat but usually follows the contours of the topography.

地下水位是不平坦的，而是通常随地势而变化。

A literary analysis that is sensitive to the larger contours of the account will reveal the artistic hand of the final editor.

如果对文章的大框架进行文学分析，就会发现最终编辑的艺术之手。

When not in use, the fins are tucked into special grooves or depressions so that they lie flush with the body and do not break up its smooth contours.

当鱼不使用鱼鳍时，会将它们折叠起来，收回到特殊的沟槽或者凹陷部位；这样鱼鳍就可以与身体保持齐平，以维持它们平滑的外形。

A map of intensity contours is called an "isodynamic chart".

密集等值线图称为“等动力图”。

Because Reality has contours.

因为现实是有轮廓的。

That's why the contours are evenly spaced.

那就是为什么等高线图是均匀间隔线的排列的。

You can also apply contours to plots (as shown in Figure 1, below).

也可以在图形中绘制等高线（如下面的图 1 所示）。

The world’s new contours began to emerge with the end of the Cold War.

冷战结束后新的世界轮廓开始显现。

BMW uses molds, heat and pressure to produce contours in the fabric.

宝马用制作模型、加热加压的方法来为材料定型。

Thin clouds drift above the gentle contours of the Wyoming prairie lands.

薄薄的云层漂浮在怀俄明州的草原上空，描绘出优雅的线条。

The contours of a peace deal are clear. But who has the courage to draw them?

和平协约初具雏形，但谁有勇气使之付诸实现？

She ventured into the third dimension to produce graphs that map the contours of plants.

她大胆进入第三维空间，绘制出曲面表示植物的轮廓。

I then compose a face and expression that follows the contours of the pumpkin itself.

然后再依照南瓜本身的外形设计出脸和表情。

I have no illusions that this will be easy, but the contours of a way forward are clear.

我深知任务艰巨，并不存有幻想，但前进的道路是明确的。

It's harder to make out the contours of the philosophy at the core of this dazzling blur of action.

通过一连串耀眼但模糊的动作很难分辨出其理念的轮廓。

The wetlands' contours suggest that the Sackett property was, indeed, part of it at some point.

这片湿地的周线暗示着，Sackett的地产，在某种程度上说确实属于湿地的一部分。

A greater variety of contours is a wonderful thing, because shape is an incredibly powerful design tool.

有丰富多样的轮廓线确实不错，因为形状是一项极为强大的设计工具。

The brain itself does not fossilise, but the inside of the cranium retains an impression of its contours.

脑部分本身是不会变成化石的，但在头盖骨内部却还保留着脑的轮廓。

Turning to face me, he slowly extended a hand which, like a soft animal, explored the contours of my face.

他向我转过脸来缓缓地伸出一只手，这手像是一种软体动物，探摸着我的脸部轮廓。

Here's a short gnuplot example that illustrates 3-d function plotting with contours and hidden line removal.

下面是一个简单的gnuplot例子，它给出了一个具有等高线和隐线消除的3 - D图形。

Both parties woo the amorphous middle, to the dismay of those voters who want political contours to be drawn sharply.

两党都在争夺模棱两可的中间选民的支持，去击溃那些具有明确立场的选民。

Yet the precise contours of oxytocin’s hardworking receptor differ among individuals, to apparently noticeable effect.

然而勤劳的催产素受体，因个体差异，外形不同，对人体的作用力也不同。

Fortunately, with the latest developments in HTML and CSS, it's now slightly easier to create a wider variety of shape contours.

幸运的是，有了HTML和CSS的最新进展，如今轻而易举便可以创建各类形状的轮廓线。

That is done the way human puzzlers do it, by paying attention to shapes and sizes of the pieces, and the contours of their edges.

这已经由解题人通过注意碎片的形状和大小和边缘的轮廓做完了。

The NCAR Graphics home page provides a stable UNIX package for drawing contours, maps, surfaces, weather maps, x-y plots, and many others.

NCAR Graphics主页提供了一个稳定的UNIX包用来绘制轮廓图、地图、表面图、气象图、x - y图以及很多其他图形。