Emboss



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 加浮雕花纹于, 使凸出
• ［英］ v. 加浮雕花纹于, 使凸出 ( embellish;ornament)
• ［类］ 反义词: flatten out ( 使平)
• ［记］ em+boss ( 凸出) -> 使凸出
• ［同］ 同根词: bossy ( 有浮凸装饰的; 专横的)
• ［例］ The name and address of the firm are embossed on its paper.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English embosen to become exhausted from being hunted, ultimately from Anglo-French bois woods
• Date: 14th century
• archaic to drive (as a hunted animal) to bay or to exhaustion

II. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English embosen, from Middle French embocer, from en- + boce boss
• Date: 15th century
• 1. to raise the surface of into bosses; especially to ornament with raised work
• 2. to raise in relief from a surface
• 3. adorn, embellish
• ? embossable adjective
• ? embosser noun
• ? embossment noun

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