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单词 engraving
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
en•grav•ing /ɛnˈgreɪvɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [uncountable] the act or art of a person who engraves.
  2. Fine Art[countable] an engraved design, impression, or print.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
en•grav•ing  (en grāving),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act or art of a person who or thing that engraves.
  2. Printing, Fine Artthe art of forming designs by cutting, corrosion by acids, a photographic process, etc., on the surface of a metal plate, block of wood, or the like, for or as for the purpose of taking off impressions or prints of the design so formed.
  3. Fine Artthe design engraved.
  4. Fine Artan engraved plate or block.
  5. Fine Artan impression or print from this.
  • engrave + -ing1 1595–1605

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
engraving /ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ/ n
  1. the art of a person who engraves
  2. a block, plate, or other surface that has been engraved
  3. a print made from such a surface
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
en•grave /ɛnˈgreɪv/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -graved, -grav•ing. 
  1. to cut or etch (letters, designs, etc.) into a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or wood:The jeweler engraved a beautiful design on the ring.
  2. to mark or ornament with cut or etched letters, designs, etc.:She engraved the ring with his name.
  3. to print from a surface that has been cut or etched.
  4. to impress deeply: The beautiful image is engraved in my memory.
en•grav•a•ble, adj. 
en•grav•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
en•grave  (en grāv),USA pronunciation v.t., -graved, -grav•ing. 
  1. to chase (letters, designs, etc.) on a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood:She had the jeweler engrave her name on the back of the watch.
  2. to print from such a surface.
  3. to mark or ornament with incised letters, designs, etc.:He engraved the ring in a floral pattern.
  4. to impress deeply;
    infix:That image is engraved on my mind.
  • Middle French engraver; see en-1, grave3
  • 1500–10
en•grava•ble, adj. 
en•graver, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
engrave /ɪnˈɡreɪv/ vb (transitive)
  1. to inscribe (a design, writing, etc) onto (a block, plate, or other surface used for printing) by carving, etching with acid, or other process
  2. to print (designs or characters) from a printing plate so made
  3. to fix deeply or permanently in the mind
Etymology: 16th Century: from en-1 + grave³, on the model of French engraver

enˈgraver n
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