| 单词 | block letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblock letter block letter n. (a) Typography (now historical) (in plural) a large type cut from a wooden block; (b) (chiefly in plural) a capital letter written or printed without serifs; a plain capital letter; = block capital n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > block letter block letter1908 1826 S. T. Coleridge Let. 19 Nov. (1971) VI. 646 Idle, wilful, egregiously unreflecting and irretentive of impression—these are small-capital'd in Block Letter on the very forehead of his Character. 1849 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 19 Sept. in Gold Rush (1944) I. ii. 179 Neatly painted in black block letters, upon it, ‘POST OFFICE’. 2009 S. Bell Fakes & Forgeries 11 Early printing was composed by placing individual block letters into a tray organized in rows. 2014 B. Van der Kolk Body keeps Score (2015) xiv. 241 As participants changed topics, they might move from cursive to block letters and back to cursive. < as lemmas |
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