单词 | thumbprint |
释义 | > as lemmasthumbprint thumbprint n. the impression or mark of the inner surface of the top joint of the thumb, made with ink or otherwise upon a receptive surface; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > fingerprint finger marka1661 fingerprint1737 finger impression1856 thumbprint1900 print1914 latent fingerprint1919 lift1951 1900 Literature 15 Dec. 486/2 The thumb-print of Kangali Charan..was compared with the magnified lines of the smudge. Identification was instant. 1906 Daily Chron. 2 May 7/5 To-day the photograph of his thumb prints was received from London. They exactly tally with Johnson's thumb-prints made here. 1967 G. Steiner Lang. & Silence 66 Rimbaud left his thumb-print on language, on the name and nature of the modern poet. 1979 Time 30 July 12 Caddell's thumb-prints also were on the energy speech that Carter delivered to the nation Sunday after returning to Washington. < as lemmas |
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