单词	etch
释义	etchetch /etʃ/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINetch Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch etsen, from German ätzen ‘to feed’; because originally the lines were ‘eaten’ into the metal with acid Verb Table VERB TABLE etch Simple Form Present I, you, we, they etch he, she, it etches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they etched Present perfect I, you, we, they have etched he, she, it has etched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had etched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will etch Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have etched Continuous Form Present I am etching he, she, it is etching you, we, they are etching Past I, he, she, it was etching you, we, they were etching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been etching he, she, it has been etching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been etching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be etching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been etching Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The design is etched onto the glasses using a laser. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A white flame roared up, etching the room in black and white. An appendix scar was lightly etched on his stomach above the Speedo. His face was long and etched with a look of permanent sorrow. She took her place at his side again, and watched the exquisitely etched face in the soft light. That contrast of tender sensibility and senseless brutality was etched into my mind, exposing the utter meaninglessness of violence and war. The U.S. studies have drawn attention to the use of glycol ethers - solvents used to etch circuits on to silicon wafers. When engraving was developed or etching was developed, engraving sort of, a lot of people lost interest in engraving. word sets WORD SETS► Design cross-hatching, nouncutaway, adjectivedesigner, noundrawing board, nounemblem, nounengrave, verbengraving, nounetch, verbetching, nounflowery, adjectivefluted, adjectiveherringbone, nounincise, verbinlaid, adjectivepaisley, nounpatterned, adjectiveplot, nounreticulated, adjectiveschema, nounscroll, nounsection, nounstyle, verbswirl, nountracing, nountracing paper, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► something is etched in your memory (=it is impossible to forget)· The date was etched in my memory. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► face · Since Maggie had returned, suspicion had been etched across Richie's face every day, and it was there now.· She took her place at his side again, and watched the exquisitely etched face in the soft light.· The rigours of the most demanding season the game has known were etched on Moore's face. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► not be carved/etched in stone John has several new ideas for the show, but nothing is etched in stone yet. 1[intransitive, transitive] to cut lines on a metal plate, piece of glass, stone etc to form a picture or wordsetch on a gravestone with three names etched on it A laser is used to etch a pattern in the smooth surface of the disc.2be etched on/in your memory/mind literary if an experience, name etc is etched on your memory or mind, you cannot forget it and you think of it often:  The island remained etched in my memory.3[transitive] if someone’s face is etched with pain, sadness etc, you can see these feelings from their expressionbe etched with something Her face was etched with tiredness. Craig saw lines of pain etched around her mouth.GRAMMAR Etch is usually passive in this meaning.4[transitive] to make lines or patterns appear on something very clearly:  etched glass
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