imprint
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.
— Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand.
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The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands.
— Near-synonyms: colophon, imprimatur
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A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo.
— Near-synonyms: imprimatur, hallmark
动词 v.
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To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
— For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
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To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
— Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents — including humans doing wildlife rescue!
- To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *per-?
Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō
Latin imprimereder.
Old French empreindre
Old French empreinteder.
English imprint
From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *per-?
Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō
Latin imprimereder.
Old French empreindre
Old French empreinteder.
English imprint
From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *per-?
Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō
Latin imprimereder.
Old French empreindre
Old French empreinterbor.
Middle English emprinten
English imprint
From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *per-?
Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō
Latin imprimereder.
Old French empreindre
Old French empreinterbor.
Middle English emprinten
English imprint
From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
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