释义 |
copperplatecop‧per‧plate /ˈkɒpəpleɪt $ ˈkɑːpər-/ noun [uncountable] - A dozen names - once repeated slowly by the Registrar and written down in steady copperplate.
- It was not a long letter, written in an old-fashioned copperplate hand.
- They learn for a day the art of copperplate handwriting on slates.
- Under the same date, neatly inscribed in copperplate writing with sepia ink, was the name Sarah Byrne.
- We learned a copperplate at my convent, with elaborate curlicues of capitals I have not seen in any other calligraphy.
neat regular curving handwriting with the letters all joined together in a very specific style, used especially in the past |