Imprint



GRE TOEFL

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GRE 红宝书

• v. 盖印, 刻印
• ［英］ v. 盖印, 刻印 ( to mark by pressing or stamping)
• ［记］ im ( 不) +print ( 印) -> 印上 -> 盖印
• ［例］ Every detail is imprinted on my mind.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English emprenten, from Anglo-French emprient, 3d singular of enpreindre to impress (from Latin imprimere) & empreinter, from emprent, past participle of enpreindre
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to mark by or as if by pressure ; impress
  • 2.
    • a. to fix indelibly or permanently (as on the memory)
    • b. to subject to or induce by imprinting <an imprinted preference>
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo imprinting
• ? imprinter noun

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English enpreent, from Anglo-French emprente, from feminine of emprent, past participle of enpreindre
• Date: 15th century
• something imprinted or printed: as
  • a. a mark or depression made by pressure <the fossil imprint of a dinosaur's foot>
  • b. an identifying name (as of a publisher) placed conspicuously on a product; also the name under which a publisher issues books
  • c. an indelible distinguishing effect or influence

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