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单词 photoengrave
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photoengravev.

Brit. /ˌfəʊtəʊᵻnˈɡreɪv/, /ˌfəʊtəʊɛnˈɡreɪv/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊᵻnˈɡreɪv/, /ˈˌfoʊdoʊɛnˈɡreɪv/; see also engrave v.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: photo- comb. form, engrave v.
Etymology: < photo- comb. form + engrave v., after photoengraving n. Compare earlier photoengraved adj.
Printing.
transitive. To produce by the process of photoengraving.
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1885 Bot. Gaz. 10 378 The eighty-four illustrations, most if not all of which have been drawn by the author and photo-engraved.
1941 Geogr. Jrnl. 97 332 The plates were..photo-engraved by Messrs. Emery Walker.
1963 A. Donato Preparing Mus. Manuscript ix. 153 Proofreading of work prepared by autography or music typewriter requires extremely careful handling, because the pages being corrected will be photoengraved and must be kept clean and undamaged.
2003 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 14 Mar. 1 Then the retouchers went to work before the print was photo-engraved, sharpening details, eliminating others.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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