| 释义 |
spaceband in British English (ˈspeɪsˌbænd) noun printing a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words spaceband in American English (ˈspeisˌbænd) nounPrinting a wedge-shaped piece of metal used in typecasting machines to adjust the space between words and to justify lines of type Word origin [1900–05; space + band2]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clone, desensitize, geopolitics, hormone, hydroplane |