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单词 letterpress
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Definition of letterpress in English:

letterpress

noun ˈlɛtəprɛsˈlɛdərˌprɛs
mass noun
  • 1Printing from a hard raised image under pressure, using viscous ink.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think perhaps this explains my addiction to letterpress.
    • The first edition of the album sleeve was done by letterpress, an old and rather inefficient means of printing.
    • Photography liberated painting from strict representation to become abstract and impressionist; television made movies into art as well, and digital printing makes us reverse woodtype, lead, and letterpress.
    • Printing on aluminum foil can be accomplished by any commercial process, including rotogravure, flexography, lithography, and letterpress.
    • Only a few artists have used letterpress in such a visually creative way.
  • 2British Printed text as opposed to illustrations.

    the letterpress accompanying the illustrations
 
 

Definition of letterpress in US English:

letterpress

nounˈlɛdərˌprɛsˈledərˌpres
  • 1Printing from a hard raised image under pressure, using viscous ink.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only a few artists have used letterpress in such a visually creative way.
    • Photography liberated painting from strict representation to become abstract and impressionist; television made movies into art as well, and digital printing makes us reverse woodtype, lead, and letterpress.
    • I think perhaps this explains my addiction to letterpress.
    • Printing on aluminum foil can be accomplished by any commercial process, including rotogravure, flexography, lithography, and letterpress.
    • The first edition of the album sleeve was done by letterpress, an old and rather inefficient means of printing.
  • 2British Printed text as opposed to illustrations.

    the letterpress accompanying the illustrations
 
 
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