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单词 emboss
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•boss /ɛmˈbɔs, -ˈbɑs/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object]
  1. to decorate (a surface) with raised designs or decorations:He embossed the sword with the design of a bull.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•boss  (em bôs′, -bos′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
  2. to decorate (a surface) with raised ornament.
  3. Metallurgyto raise a design on (a blank) with dies of similar pattern, one the negative of the other. Cf. coin (def. 12).
  4. to cause to bulge out;
    make protuberant.
  • Middle French embocer, equivalent. to em- em-1 + boce boss2
  • Middle English embosen 1350–1400
em•boss′a•ble, adj. 
em•boss′er, n. 
em•boss′ment, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
emboss /ɪmˈbɒs/ vb
  1. to mould or carve (a decoration or design) on (a surface) so that it is raised above the surface in low relief
  2. to cause to bulge; make protrude
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French embocer, from em- + boce boss²

emˈbosser n emˈbossment n
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