单词 | highlighter |
释义 | highlightern. 1. More fully highlighter pen. A broad-tipped marker pen used to overlay printed text, etc., with a transparent (typically fluorescent) colour, leaving it legible and emphasized.In form Hi-liter, a proprietary name. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > pen for specific use text-pen1589 mapping pen1840 music-pen1840 rastrum1876 highlighter1963 plotter pen1965 wheel pen- 1963 ALA Bull. 57 872 Important words and phrases in reports, releases, news clippings, etc., can be highlighted through the use of the new Magic Marker Hylytr Pen. 1964 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 26 May tm182 The Carter's Ink Company, Cambridge, Mass... Hi-liter for marking pens. First use June 1962. 1986 Consumer Rep. Sept. 589/2 Flag deductible items in the check register with a highlighter. 1992 Mech. Products & Tools July 1313/3 A wallet of highlighter pens containing six of the most popular colours. 2001 J. Wolcott Catsitters vii. 38 Once she was in ‘the zone’, studywise, she was like Zorro with those highlighters, zip, zip, zip. 2. A cosmetic used to emphasize features such as the eyes or cheekbones. ΚΠ 1966 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 14 Oct. 37/6 Simply apply highlighter in wing formation to the cheek bones. 1988 Tampa Bay Mag. Sept. 40/2 She..applied a cobalt blue eye pencil on her upper and lower lids, followed by a gray pearl shadow as a highlighter. 1997 Independent on Sunday 2 Nov. (Real Life section) 8/1 The Face box of tricks, containing four eyeshadows, two blushers, a highlighter, two mascaras, [etc.]. 2010 R. Tornambe Beauty Quotient Formula 144 There are tricks, such as using different shades of highlighter, that will give the illusion of raising your eye bone slightly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963 |
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