1The way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out.

1. 1.1 The way in which text or pictures are set out on a page.
   （文章或图片的）版面设计
   the layout is uncluttered and the illustrations are helpful

   版面整洁，插图也很起作用。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I could reproduce any layout, liquid or fixed width, with pixel-level precision.
   • The text takes on a life of its own, and the typography and layout respond.
   • Over the years, I find major changes in the newspapers' content, delivery and layout.
   • First, there's a high-quality cover, nice binding, and vastly improved typesetting and layout.
   • Oh, and I don't really care if you don't like the three column layout.
   • Despite this, few applicants have actually considered the need to change CV layout and content in line with the online recruitment process.
   • The typefaces and layout are part of the whole, with cartoons, photos and sketches essential to the whole feel of the project.
   • I have a theory, which I have mentioned from time to time, that readers are sensitive to fonts, layout, and page design, to a far greater extent than is generally recognised.
   • In the late 1960s, as I recall from the magazines one read, typography and layout of poems became almost central to the poem.
   • It makes writing all about the words, not about the formatting, typography, layout, or anything else.
   • It tells us something by way of typographical layout, a luxury that ancient Roman poetry didn't have.
   • It is more than a matter of typography and layout.
   • I am working on a site right now that is a typical three column layout with a header and footer.
   • Also, although the wording remained the same, the typefaces and layout were changed slightly.
   • Sterne was almost compulsively attentive to page layout and typography, going so far as to specify the length of each dash in printer's ems.
   • Indeed the style and layout of the original book is followed closely, and the translated version is as similar in appearance to the original as possible.
   • As part of her earlier experimentation, she started printing on newsprint and borrowed the format of newspaper layout for her work.
   • The typography and page layout is open and inviting.
   • This book has an attractive look to it, with a legible typeface and good layout.
   • The comforting, if deeply eccentric, typography and layout of the original are still there, along with a mix of photographs new and old.
2. 1.2 The process of setting out material on a page or in a work.
   设计版面，编辑
   doing layout for newspapers and magazines

   为报纸和杂志设计版面。

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   • Print publishing remains a very slow process with a great deal of time dedicated to copyright transfers, layout, typesetting, and printing.
   • We need money to pay for layout and printing and some basic administration.
   • Usually this is the job of someone who knows something about graphics, printing and layout - in short a graphics designer.
   • We regret the bad quality of the Weekender this week, which was not due to poor layout or proofing, but an error at the printing press.
   • In this we were limited only by the time and effort we wished to expend, rather than such logistical publishing considerations as page layout and total printing costs.
   • Various aspects are covered from sourcing stories, to good writing skills and interviewing skills along with media law and page layout.
   • Most people are familiar with the process of exploring the design space for page layout in what we call the inverted pyramid process.
   • If desktop publishing, layout, and word processor magic are not your strengths, then by all means get the help of a friend who is good in these areas.
   • These include textile design, type design, page layout, interior design, fashion design and architecture.
   • If you'd like to automate page layout even more, pay attention here.
   • The new editions have benefitted from computer word processing and layout.
   • People had been doing layout and typography long before the Web came along.
   • I learned to string a few words together on a community tabloid and was drafted by a grand old broadsheet where I mastered sub-editing and page layout.
   • In some organizations, the copy editor does design and layout, edits the copy, and supervises the production process.
   • Photographers now use digital cameras, reporters use mobile phones, and computers are used in story writing and page layout.

   Synonyms

   arrangement, geography, design, organization, make-up, shape
3. 1.3 A thing arranged or set out in a particular way.
   布置的东西，陈列品
   a model railroad layout

   模型铁路陈列。

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   • So whether you have been interested in model railways for years or just starting on a new layout of your own (or you received a model train set for Christmas) why not come along for a great day out.
   • There will be guided talks and lectures and model railway layouts.
   • The theme extends to detailed scale model layouts of tanks and ships, and a war games group will re-enact the D-Day Landings in miniature.
   • The designer decided he would like to present a second layout during the council meeting the next day.
   • Famous structures were incorporated into the layout including models of the Eiffel Tower and Sydney Harbour Bridge.
   • A railway line cuts the layout diagonally which means that there is scope for a metro rail link.
   • It runs from 10 am to 5pm and celebrates Swindon's railway heritage with model railway layouts, displays and guided tours of the Swindon Works site.
   • This year the show featured 18 working model railway layouts, spanning 100 years as well as 14 trade stands.
   • When in a paper space layout you can edit geometry created in the layout or in the model.
   • Develop mini model layouts with space for civic amenities.
   • There was a layout of a Ugandan railway, designed and built by a former serviceman, that included tiny model animals ranging from aardvarks to zebra.
   • Railway buffs should steam along to Kendal Leisure Centre on Saturday and Sunday to marvel at the layouts on show at the Model Railway Exhibition.
   • Also on display will be a live steam model layout featuring famous Welsh railway scenes.
   • During the layover, the Havre Railroad Museum ran trains on its model railroad layout.
   • More than a dozen first-class layouts, depicting railway scenes from this country and abroad, had been set up by model railway enthusiasts from all parts of the south, each one a joy to study.
   • The annual exhibition will be held in the White Horse Leisure Centre on Saturday and Sunday and will feature 18 working model railway layouts and 14 trade stands.
   • And this event promises to be the best yet containing no less than eight model railway layouts!

   Synonyms

   design, arrangement, presentation, style, format
4. 1.4 (in diving and gymnastics) a position in which the body is extended, the head upright, the legs held straight and together, and the arms held out to the sides.