a large flat board on which paper may be spread for artists or designers to work on
画图板,制图板,绘图板。
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back to the drawing board used to indicate that an idea, scheme, or proposal has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised (失败后)重起炉灶,从头再来the government must go back to the drawing board and review the whole issue of youth training . 政府必须从头来起,重新审视整个青年培训问题 -
on the drawing board (of an idea, scheme, or proposal) under consideration and not yet ready to put into practice (观点,计划,建议)在计划阶段;在考虑中there are plans to enlarge the runway, but at present all this remains on the drawing board . 打算扩建机场跑道,但目前一切仍处于计划阶段