| 单词 | etch |
| 释义 | etch (once / 1611 pages) 1v 2v If you etch something you are cutting into it. You can etch "I ♥ U" into a tree trunk with a pocket knife or etch your initials in your desk with a key (if the teacher's not looking). However and whatever you etch, it is generally considered a deep and lasting mark. The figurative use of etch is just as common as its literal sense. A particularly powerful memory, image or emotion is said to "etch itself" into your mind, meaning, like that piece of graffiti you etched into the tree trunk, it won't be likely to be erased anytime soon. Incise and carve are often interchangeable with etch. WORD FAMILYetch: etched, etcher, etches, etching+/etcher: etchers/etching: etchings USAGE EXAMPLESHe etched the name “Evans” into it and carved an intricate pattern. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) The outline of a cross is still visible on the synagogue’s front window, etched by a vandal years ago. Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) Food is etched into our identity, and in many cases it is quite literally written into our names. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1v carve or cut a design or letters into Syn|Hyper engrave engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface carve, chip at engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface 2v carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block Syn|Hypo|Hyper engrave benday reproduce by the Benday process stippleengrave by means of dots and flicks print make into a print 3v selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons Hyper dissolve cause to fade away 4v make an etching of 2He etched her image into the surface Hypo|Hyper aquatint etch in aquatint print make into a print v cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible a face etched with pain the leafless branches etched against the sky Hyper show make visible or noticeable |
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