释义 |
ˈhand-press A press worked by hand; esp. a printing-press so worked, as distinguished from one worked by steam or other power. Hence hand-pressman.
1679Duddell in R. Mansel Narr. Popish Plot (1680) 54 Mr. Willoughby did once ask him, if he could make a Hand-Press, in order to Printing. 1840Lardner Geom. 191 With hand-presses..two hundred and fifty copies were obtained per hour from the same types, which required the work and superintendence of two men. 1967E. Chambers Photolitho-Offset i. 3 The operation of printing consists, first, in damping the stone—with a wet sponge in hand-press printing or with a wet roller in power⁓press work. |