| 单词 | stamp |
| 释义 | stamp —stampable, adj. —stampless, adj. /stamp/, v.t. 1. to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot. 2. to bring (the foot) down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc. 3. to extinguish, crush, etc., by striking with a forcible downward thrust of the foot (fol. by out): to stamp out a fire. 4. to suppress or quell (a rebellion, uprising, etc.) quickly through the use of overwhelming force (usually fol. by out). 5. to crush or pound with or as with a pestle. 6. to impress with a particular mark or device, as to indicate genuineness, approval, or ownership: to stamp a document with a seal. 7. to mark or impress with a design, word, mark, etc.: Age stamped his face with lines. 8. to impress (a design, word, mark, etc.) on: to stamp one's initials on a document. 9. to affix a postage stamp to (a letter, envelope, etc.). 10. to characterize, distinguish, or reveal: His ingenuity with words stamped him as a potential poet. v.i. 11. to bring the foot down forcibly or smartly, as in crushing something, expressing rage, etc. 12. to walk with forcible or heavy, resounding steps: He stamped out of the room in anger. n. 13. See postage stamp. 14. an act or instance of stamping. 15. a die or block for impressing or imprinting. 16. a design or legend made with such a die or block. 17. an official mark indicating genuineness, validity, etc., or payment of a duty or charge. 18. a peculiar or distinctive impression or mark: a great man who left his stamp on legal procedure. 19. character, kind, or type: a woman of serious stamp. 20. an official seal or device appearing on a business or legal document to show that a tax has been paid. 21. Also called local, local stamp. such a device, often similar to a postage stamp, issued by a private organization to show that the charges for mail carrying have been paid. 22. See trading stamp. 23. See food stamp. 24. an instrument for stamping, crushing, or pounding. 25. a heavy piece of iron or the like, as in a stamp mill, for crushing ore or other material. [1150-1200; (v.) early ME stampen to pound, crush, prob. continuing OE *stampian (c. MD, MLG stampen, OHG stampfon, ON stappa); sense development appar. influenced by OF estamper to stamp < Gmc; (n.) late ME: instrument for stamping an impression; partly deriv. of the v., partly < OF estampe, deriv. of estamper] Syn. 4. eliminate, quash. See abolish. |
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