单词 | xerox |
释义 | Xeroxn. A proprietary name for photocopiers (see quots. 1952, 1953); also used loosely (attributive and absol.) to denote any photocopy. ΘΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier > proprietary name photostat1911 Xerox1952 society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier > act of using > a photocopy photocopy1879 photostat1911 stat1937 Xerox1952 xerocopy1963 society > communication > representation > [adjective] > of or relating to copying apparatus > produced by photocopier photostatic1914 Xerox1972 society > communication > representation > [adjective] > of or relating to copying apparatus > photocopying > photocopied photostatted1926 photocopied1944 xeroxed1965 Xerox1976 1952 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Aug. 748/2 Xerox... Electro~photographic copying machines and apparatus for fusing powder images onto paper in connection with electro~photographic copying machines. The Haloid Company. 1953 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 12 May 327/2 The Haloid Company, Rochester, N.Y... Xerox for electro~photographic copying machines, cameras, plates... Claims, use since June 22, 1949. 1966 Economist 15 Oct. 299/3 In most American offices executives instruct subordinates to ‘make me a Xerox of this report’ rather than ‘make me a copy of it’. 1972 M. Williams Inside Number 10 xi. 289 The Rank Organization in Brighton installed a xerox copying machine in the office and we also had an electric duplicating machine. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places iii. 128 I enclose a Xerox of the anonymous letter. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxvii. 317 It had appeared in Xerox form on bulletin boards in most of the administrative offices of Denali. 1977 M. French Women's Room iii. xx. 203 They had a terrible fight one evening in the Xerox room of the library. 1979 Author XC. 157 Reprography..—xerox photocopying. 1980 London Rev. Bks. 15 May 8/3 How will the industry cope with new technologies, like tele-ordering, new EEC copyright complications and piracy both in the Middle East and (as we all guiltily know) in every xerox room in the British Isles? 1981 P. Roth Zuckerman Unbound 52 Virtually all they had left in common was the rented Xerox machine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). xeroxv. transitive. To reproduce by xerography; to photocopy. ΘΠ society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > copying equipment > photocopy photostat1914 photocopy1924 xerox1966 1966 ‘E. V. Cunningham’ Helen iv. 40 Anything you want copies of, why we'll Xerox it out. 1967 M. McLuhan & Q. Fiore Medium is Massage 123 Custom-make your own book by simply Xeroxing a chapter from this one, a chapter from that one—instant steal! 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Oct. (Weekend Mag.) 14/3 He xeroxes the menu himself and stamps out to post it on the notice~board. 1979 N. Mailer Executioner's Song ii. iv. 555 Tamera had gone to work at 5 a.m. and spent six hours Xeroxing Gary's letters. 1982 P. M. Margolin Last Innocent Man ii. iii. 115 He had Xeroxed the clippings for David. Derivatives ˈxeroxed adj. (both also with capital initial). ΘΠ society > communication > representation > [adjective] > of or relating to copying apparatus > photocopying > photocopied photostatted1926 photocopied1944 xeroxed1965 Xerox1976 1965 New Society 14 Oct. 28/2 Inadequate library provision..has forced university teachers to..prepare..roneoed or xeroxed material. 1976 S. Lloyd Mr Speaker, Sir vii. 154 During July 1974, we frequently had to rely on Xeroxed copies of the order paper, amendments, and the Official Report. 1978 K. Amis Jake's Thing xiv. 139 He..reached for the xeroxed sheet on the bedside table. 1984 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 15 Jan. 16 a/6 Conference participants are also urged to bring xeroxed copies of their utility bills. 1985 A. S. Byatt Still Life 4 Schoolgirls were dutifully filling in xeroxed, hand-written, one-word-answerable questionnaires. ˈxeroxing n. (see = xeroxed adj.) ΘΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier > act of using photostatting1929 electrophotography1944 xerography1948 xerocopying1964 photocopying1968 xeroxing1973 1973 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 60 32 The Xeroxing, which made each sheet look less as though it had been individually prepared, was done to prevent distortion of the ratings. 1978 Early Music 6 605/3 I wonder how publishers who want to remain in business will react to Mr Rooley's complaint about xeroxing rules. 1980 E. Behr Getting Even ii. 21 The xeroxing propensities of..one of the top confidential secretaries. 1982 Amer. Speech 57 268 The dry duplicating process known as Xeroxing has gained great popularity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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