| 单词 | impression |
| 释义 | impression (once / 90 pages) 1n 2n An impression is an imprint, either in one’s mind or on an object. To make a good impression on your friend's parents, don't let your muddy boots leave impressions on their perfect white kitchen floor. The noun impression comes from the Latin word imprimere, which means “press into or upon,” or “stamp.” When you press a coin into a piece of modeling clay there will be an impression, or likeness, of its design in the clay. Another kind of impression is a performance in which you act, talk, move and even attempt to look like another person, like the impression of your teacher that got you into trouble when he saw you. WORD FAMILYimpression: impressionable, impressionistic, impressions+/impress: impressed, impresses, impressible, impressing, impression, impressive, impressment/impressed: unimpressed/impressible: impressibly/impressionable: unimpressionable/impressionistic: impressionistically/impressive: impressively, impressiveness, unimpressive/impressment: impressments/unimpressive: unimpressively USAGE EXAMPLESOne of the Americans, John Paton Davies Jr., jotted down his impressions of the city: New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) At first impression, Panzer said he liked the facility. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Here are my three first impressions from the Peach Bowl: Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a vague idea in which some confidence is placed his impression of her was favorable Syn|Hypo|Hyper belief, feeling, notion, opinion presence the impression that something is present effectan impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) first blushat the first glimpse or impression hunch, intuition, suspicionan impression that something might be the case sound effectan effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play special effectan effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film) bosom, heartthe locus of feelings and intuitions idea, thought the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about 2n a clear and telling mental image the events left a permanent impression in his mind Syn|Hyper mental picture, picture image, mental image an iconic mental representation 3n an outward appearance he made a good impression I wanted to create an impression of success Syn|Hypo|Hyper effect figure the impression produced by a person imagethe general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public markthe impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember tout ensemblea total impression or effect of something made up of individual parts appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing 4n an impressionistic portrayal of a person 2he did a funny impression of a politician Hyper characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture 1n the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax Hyper press, pressing, pressure the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure 2n a concavity in a surface produced by pressing he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud Syn|Hypo|Hyper depression, imprint dimple a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin channel, groovea long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) dimpleany slight depression in a surface dipa depression in an otherwise level surface dent, incision, prick, scratch, slita depression scratched or carved into a surface droop, saga shape that sags crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinklea slight depression in the smoothness of a surface chap, crack, cranny, crevice, fissurea long narrow depression in a surface dadoa rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it flute, flutinga groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) quirka narrow groove beside a beading rabbet, rebatea rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together tracka groove on a phonograph recording ruta groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) score, scotcha slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh linea wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes dermatoglyphicthe lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) frown linea facial wrinkle associated with frowning life line, lifeline, line of lifea crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal linea crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature line of Saturn, line of destiny, line of fatea crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be stria, striationany of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue washoutthe channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature a shape that curves or bends inward 3n (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay Hyper imprint a device produced by pressure on a surface 4n a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving Syn|Hypo|Hyper stamp embossment, imprint an impression produced by pressure or printing seala stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it) symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance 5n all the copies of a work printed at one time Syn|Hypo|Hyper printing edition the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published proof, test copy, trial impression(printing) an impression made to check for errors macklea printed impression that is blurred or doubled limited editionan edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies variorum, variorum editionan edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors galley proofa proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages foundry proofa proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made publication a copy of a printed work offered for distribution |
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