profile: [17] The -file of profile is etymologically a ‘thread’. The word comes from early modern Italian profilo, a derivative of profilare ‘draw in outline’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix pro- ‘forward’ and filare, which used to mean ‘draw a line’; and this in turn went back to Latin filāre ‘spin’, a derivative of filum ‘thread’ (from which English gets file for storing things in). => file
profile (n.)
1650s, "a drawing of the outline of anything," from older Italian profilo "a drawing in outline," from profilare "to draw in outline," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + filare "draw out, spin," from Late Latin filare "to spin, draw out a line," from filum "thread" (see file (v.1)). Meaning "a side view" is from 1660s. Meaning "biographical sketch, character study" is from 1734.
profile (v.)
1715, "to represent in profile," from profile (n.) or Italian profilare. Meaning "to summarize a person in writing" is from 1948. Related: Profiled; profiling.
雙語例句
1. The police deliberately kept a low profile in most places.
警方在大多數地方有意保持低調。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
托尼現在一下子成了眾人關注的中心，因為他有一份經常出鏡、見報的工作。
來自柯林斯例句
3. This picture shows the girl in profile.
這張照片照的是女孩的側麵。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Football is a high profile business.
足球是一個引人注目的產業。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Commercialisation has given many sports a higher profile.