释义 |
print /print/ noun- An impression
- A mould or stamp
- Printed state
- Printed characters or lettering
- An edition
- A printed copy
- A printed picture
- An engraving
- A newspaper
- A positive photograph made from a negative (or negative from positive)
- A fingerprint
- A printed cloth, esp calico stamped with figures
- A plaster-cast in low relief (architecture)
- A moulded pat of butter
- Exactitude of plaiting, crimping, or setting (a ruff, hair, etc) (archaic)
- Exactitude (archaic)
adjective- Printed (obsolete)
- Of printed cotton
transitive verb- To place (characters, etc) on paper, etc, by means of types, plates or blocks or by other methods
- To reproduce (text or pictures) by such means or methods
- To cause to be so reproduced
- To publish (a book, article, etc)
- To press (something) into a yielding surface, so as to leave an indented mark
- To impress (a surface)
- To mark (a figure, design, etc) in or on a surface by pressure
- To stamp a pattern on or transfer it to (eg a textile)
- To produce as a positive picture from a negative, or as a negative from a positive (photography)
- To write in separated, as opposed to joined-up, characters, in the manner of typography
- To express in writing (Shakespeare)
- To designate in print (Milton)
- To fix or impress (a scene, etc) indelibly (on the memory, etc)
intransitive verb- To practise the art of printing
- To publish a book
- To yield an impression or (photography) a positive, etc
- To write in separated characters, in typographic style
ORIGIN: ME print, prente, etc, from OFr preinte, priente, from preindre, priembre, from L premere to press printabilˈity noun printˈable adjective - Capable of being printed
- Fit to print
printˈer noun - Someone or something that prints
- Someone who is employed in printing books, etc
- Any of a variety of devices for printing eg telegraph messages, photographs, the output from a computer, etc
- A cotton cloth made for printing
printˈery noun A printing house printˈing noun - The act, art or business of the printer
- The whole number of copies printed at one time, an impression
- Handwriting in which a space is left between each character
printˈless adjective Receiving or leaving no impression printed circuit noun A wiring circuit, free of loose wiring, formed by printing the design of the wiring on copper foil bonded to a flat base and etching away the unprinted foil printed circuit board noun The combined circuit and supporting base printer's devil see under devil printer's ink noun Printing ink printer's mark noun An engraved device used by printers as a trademark printer's pie noun - A jumble of indiscriminately mixed type (printing)
- Any confused jumble
printˈhead or printˈing-head noun The part or unit in a printer that does the work of reproducing characters on paper printing house noun An establishment where books, etc are printed printing ink noun Ink used in printing, a usu thickish mixture of pigment (such as carbon black) with oil and sometimes varnish printing machine noun A printing press worked by power printing office noun A printing house (qv above) printing paper noun A paper suitable for printing purposes printing press noun A machine by which impressions are taken in ink upon paper from types, plates, etc printˈmaker noun A worker who produces prints printˈout noun The printed information or output from a computer, etc print run noun The number of copies of a book, newspaper, etc, printed at a time printˈ-seller noun A seller of prints or engravings print shop noun A print-seller's shop printˈ-through noun - The degree to which matter printed on one side of paper, etc is visible from the other side (printing)
- In magnetic tape recordings, the transfer of a recording from one layer to another when the tape is wound on a spool
printˈworks noun An establishment where cloth is printed in print - (of a text, etc) existing in printed form
- (of a book) printed and still available from a publisher
- (of hair or a ruff, etc) in exact order, formally set, crimped, pleated or plaited (obsolete)
out of print - No longer in print
- No longer available from a publisher
print out - To print
- To produce a printout of
|