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单词 photocopy
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photocopyn.

Brit. /ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)ˌkɒpi/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdəˌkɑpi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: photo- comb. form, copy n.
Etymology: < photo- comb. form + copy n. Compare earlier photocopying n.
Originally: a photographic reproduction (now rare). In later use: a copy made by a photocopier.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier > act of using > a photocopy
photocopy1879
photostat1911
stat1937
Xerox1952
xerocopy1963
1879 Harper's Weekly 11 Jan. 35/3 (advt.) Photo-copies. Every style of finish. Oldest and largest house in America.
1889 Scribner's Mag. May (inside back cover) (advt.) ‘Hammond’ typewriter. Far ahead in speed... Send for photo-copy of work.
1925 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 9 388 The unique copy, now available in M. Cirot's photocopy published in the Bulletin Hispanique,..is incomplete.
1952 I. Graham Encycl. Advertising 350/1 The original subject may be photocopied in actual, enlarged, or reduced size; the finished photocopy may be black on a white background (called a ‘positive’) or white on a black background (called a ‘negative’).
1971 Physics Bull. Nov. 682/1 In the USA, theses are readily available either on microfilm or as photocopies.
2000 New Yorker 14 Feb. 49/1 He had photocopies of Glennon and McGinn's toe tags from the city morgue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

photocopyv.

Brit. /ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)ˌkɒpi/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdəˌkɑpi/
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: photo- comb. form, copy v.1; photocopy n.
Etymology: Either < photo- comb. form + copy v.1, or < photocopy n. Compare earlier photocopier n., photocopying n.
transitive. To make a photocopy of.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > copying equipment > photocopy
photostat1914
photocopy1924
xerox1966
1924 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 9 144 She photo-copied them and then had them typewritten by one of the most efficient copyists in the Archives of the Indies.
1952 I. Graham Encycl. Advertising 350/1 The original subject may be photocopied in actual, enlarged, or reduced size; the finished photocopy may be black on a white background (called a ‘positive’) or white on a black background (called a ‘negative’).
1976 P. Hill Hunters v. 47 Here's the questionnaire, get it photocopied.
2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing 354 She helped me train, packed expedition food, photocopied proposals, dog-sat and paid the bills while I was gone.

Derivatives

ˈphotocopied adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > [adjective] > of or relating to copying apparatus > photocopying > photocopied
photostatted1926
photocopied1944
xeroxed1965
Xerox1976
1944 Amer. Hist. Rev. 49 744 There is an appendix indicating the photocopied material in the Library of Congress.
1973 Nature 16 Mar. 147/2 Advance copies of the technical report are available in photocopied form.
1995 New Yorker 30 Jan. 35/2 We were walking through So-Ho, paying quick visits to a dozen art galleries that he had marked on a small, photocopied map.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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