单词 | imprint |
释义 | noun | verb imprintimprint1 /ˈɪmˌprɪnt/ noun [countable] 1the mark left by an object being pressed into or onto something: imprint of a rock with a fossil imprint of algae2an effect or influence that something has on a place, person, event, etc.: imprint on Simmons wants to put his own imprint on the firm.3the name of a publisher as it appears on a book: This dictionary is published under the Longman imprint. noun | verb imprintimprint2 /ɪmˈprɪnt, ˈɪmˌprɪnt/ verb 1[transitive usually passive] to print or press the mark of an object on something: imprint something with something The leather was imprinted with a pattern of flowers.imprint something on something Deep purple bruises were imprinted on her neck.2[transitive] if something is imprinted on your mind or memory, you can never forget it: The image of Helen’s sad face was imprinted on his mind.3[intransitive] science, biology if an animal imprints, it learns behavioral characteristics by seeing something at a particular period in its development: His work showed that birds such as geese imprint on their mother, and thus learn to search for food and fly. |
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