英语词汇“type”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	type
释义	type I. \ˈtīp\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Late Latin typus, from Latin & Greek; Latin typus image, from Greek typos blow, impression, image, model, type, from typtein to strike, beat; akin to Latin stuprum defilement, dishonor, Sanskrit tupati, tumpati he hurts 1. a. : something that serves as a symbolic representation usually of a thing yet to come into being : prefiguration, token < concludes that the whole of the Old Testament is one great prophecy, one great type of what was to come — A.J.Maas > < a type of the one who was to come — Rom 5:14 (Revised Standard Version) > < a Christian type differs from an allegory in that the historical reference is not lost sight of — Oxford Dict. of the Christian Church > b. : one (as an object, a person, or a kind of entity) that possesses or exemplifies qualities of a higher category : model, exemplar: as (1) : a lower taxonomic category selected as a standard of reference for a higher category and usually chosen as the subgroup most perfectly exemplifying the higher category; also : the specimen or series of specimens on which a taxonomic species or subspecies is actually based — see type specimen (2) : a simple chemical compound used as a model or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived 2. a. obsolete : a figurative representation : image b. : a distinctive mark or sign < the banked foundations that are such a type of old-time rural winter life > c. : the central figure on either side of a coin, medal, or piece of paper money d. (1) : a postage stamp design especially when differing from another only in small details < type one has thin, type two thick letters and numerals > or when appearing on stamps of more than one denomination or on stamps differing in other details (as paper, perforation, or watermark) < the 1 cent and 3 cent stamps were of the same type > (2) : the arrangement of a particular overprint or surcharge on a stamp 3. a. : a usually metal, wood, or plastic rectangular block having on its face a relief character of which an inked impression will produce a printed character < a piece of type > b. : a collection of such blocks < a case of type > < a font of type > also : a composed assembly of such single blocks from which something is to be printed or of comparable units cast in the form of a solid slug < a type page > < a galley of type > c. : characters forming the faces of typebars (as in a typewriter) d. : characters functioning as type in photocomposition e. : typeface < a very condensed type > f. : a printed impression from type : printed matter < very small type can be hard to read > 4. a. : qualities common to a number of individuals that serve to distinguish them as an identifiable class or kind: as (1) : a set of determinable and usually physically measurable qualities that on the average is held in common by the members of relatively homogeneous human group (as a family, a tribe, or a race) (2) : the combination of characters that fits an individual or kind of individual to a particular use or function < meat type poultry > < a strong horse of draft type > (3) : the morphological, physiological, or ecological characters by which relationship between organisms may be recognized (4) : qualities (as of bodily contour and carriage) that are felt to indicate excellence in members of a group < won the show with a beagle of superior type > (5) : a form of structure or symmetry common to a group of crystals (6) : the general form of a word as contrasted with its particular instances in speech or writing — called also type-word; contrasted with token < if a man twice says “it's raining,” he utters two tokens of one type — D.C.Williams > b. : an individual exhibiting distinguishable qualities of its kind : a typical and often superior specimen < a dog that is a type beagle > c. : a group or category exhibiting such type : a particular kind, class, or group < infections of the most deadly type > < oranges of a seedless type > < a physique of the pyknic type > as (1) : a large taxonomic category characterized by basic rather than detailed similarities among its members and being essentially equivalent to division or phylum of other taxonomic systems (2) : any of various closely related minor categories usually distinguishable on physiologic or serological bases — compare blood group, physiologic race, serotype (3) : a group of soils developed from like parent material and having similar horizons, texture, and profile arrangement (4) : a class of objects or a style peculiar to a particular archaeological site or period (5) : one of a hierarchy of mutually exclusive classifications of arguments in a logical calculus suggested as a means of resolving the logical paradoxes < individuals, classes of individuals, and classes of classes of individuals are entities of progressively higher types > < a class cannot be of the same type as its members > — compare russell's paradox d. : something felt to be distinguishable as a variety or kind : sort < a new type submarine > < won't stand for that type of behavior > 5. [origin unknown] : a canopy sounding board for a pulpit Synonyms: kind, sort, stripe, kidney, ilk, description, nature, character: type may suggest strong and clearly marked similarities throughout the items included, so that each is typical of the group < the landforms are related to these rock types — A.E.Trueman > < that most dangerous type of critic: the critic with a mind which is naturally of the creative order — T.S.Eliot > kind in most uses is likely to be very indefinite and involve any criterion of classification whatever < each kind of mental or bodily activity — Herbert Spencer > < their soil yields treasures of every kind — H.T.Buckle > < the kind of fear here treated of is purely spiritual — Charles Lamb > It may suggest criteria of grouping dependent on natural, intrinsic characteristics < Sinic philosophers conceived yin and yang as two different kinds of matter … yin symbolized water and yang fire — A.J.Toynbee > sort is often a close synonym of kind < the sort of culture I am trying to define — J.C.Powys > and may be used in situations having a suggestion of disparagement < the sort of journals put out by the learned societies — New Republic > < Victorianism of a meaner and baser sort — F.B.Millett > < what sort of idiots have you got around here — A.W.Long > type, kind, and sort are usually interchangeable and are used most of the time without attention to special connotations. stripe and kidney are used mostly of people rather than things; the first may suggest political attitude or affiliation, the second persuasion, disposition, or social level < all Fascists are not of one mind, one stripe — Lillian Hellman > < economic dogmatists of whatever stripe — Atlantic > < the crown representative and comptroller were political appointees, and like many men of that kidney had never done a fair share of the work — S.E.Morison > ilk, orig. indicating clan or family, may suggest grouping on the basis of status, attitude, or temperament < no matter if … your ancestors spoke only to Cabots and their ilk — Stanley Walker > < one great composer is worth twenty of your ilk — Bella & Samuel Spewack > description, nature, and character are close synonyms of type and kind mostly in phrases beginning with of. description may suggest a grouping in which all salient details of description or definition are involved; nature may suggest inherent, essential characteristics rather than superficial, ostensible, or tentative ones; and character may stress distinctive or individualizing criteria < all embargoes are not of this description. They are sometimes resorted to … with a single view to commerce — John Marshall > < the few hitherto known phenomena of a similar nature — American Journal of Science > < until the invention of printing advertising was necessarily of this primitive character — Charles Presbrey > Synonym: see in addition symbol. II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. : to represent beforehand as a type : prefigure 2. : to produce a copy of; also : represent, typify 3. [by shortening] : typewrite 4. : to subsume under, classify as a member of, or identify as belonging to a type: as a. : to determine the natural type of (as a sample of blood or a culture of bacteria) b. : typecast c. : to cast (an actor) repeatedly in the same sort of role < type an actor as a butler or a gangster > *intransitive verb* [by shortening] : typewrite
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