drawing board
noun
- 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。
短语
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。