Drawing blank: also known as "doing blank," forming the first stage of the embryonic form of objects produced.

拉坯：也叫“做坯”，是成型的最初阶段，也是器物的雏形制作。

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This paper presents and realizes drawing blank technics parameter expert system of iron continuous casing and discusses its key realizing technology.

提出并实现了铸铁型材水平连铸拉坯工艺参数优化专家系统，并对系统的关键技术进行了设计和讨论。

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Drawing blank for automobile body covering parts, the traditional method is blanking before drawing, but most IVECO body covering parts are directly drawn by using rectangle blank.

汽车覆盖件的拉深毛坯，传统的做法是拉深前先落料，而IVECO(依维柯)车身覆盖件大多采用方块坯料直接拉深。

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Super-G gold medalist Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, quickest on the downhill, slid out near the finish to spark scenes of wild celebration as Miller realized the gold was his after drawing blank in the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.

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Berbatov curled a shot wide and was then denied a clear run on goal by a last-ditch challenge from Cahill, as United moved closer to drawing a blank in a Premier League game at Old Trafford for the first time since September 2009.

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