单词 | type |
释义 | type/tʌɪp /noun 1A category of people or things having common characteristics: this type of heather grows better in a drier habitat blood types...
Synonyms kind, sort, variety, class, category, classification, group, set, bracket, genre, genus, species, family, order, breed, race, strain; style, description, designation, condition, quality, nature, manner, design, shape, form, pattern, rank; brand, make, model, line, mark, generation, vintage; stamp, ilk, kidney, cast, grain, mould; North American stripe 1.1 [with adjective or noun modifier] informal A person of a specified character or nature: two sporty types in tracksuits...
Synonyms person, individual, character, sort British informal bod 1.2 (one's type) informal The sort of person one likes or finds attractive: she’s not really my type...
2A person or thing exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something: she characterized his witty sayings as the type of modern wisdom...
Synonyms epitome, quintessence, essence, perfect example, archetype, model, pattern, paradigm, exemplar, embodiment, personification, avatar; prototype 2.1An object, conception, or work of art serving as a model for subsequent artists.His use of sfumato and his figure types seem closer to the art of Lorenzo Lotto....
2.2A symbol of someone or something: the dolphin is a conventional type of Christ 2.3 Theology A person or event in the Old Testament taken as a foreshadowing of someone or something in the New Testament. 2.4 Botany & Zoology An organism or taxon chosen as having the essential characteristics of its group.Thus, the origin of the mesoderm is clearly of the deuterostome type in phoronids and brachiopods. 2.5 short for type specimen. 3 [mass noun] Characters or letters that are printed or shown on a screen: bold type...
Synonyms print, typeface, face, characters, lettering, letters; font; British fount 3.1 [count noun] A piece of metal with a raised letter or character on its upper surface, for use in letterpress printing.Each is characterized by diagnostic pottery and metal types....
3.2Metal types used in letterpress printing: the first European printing of books began in 1454 with the invention of movable type...
4A design on either side of a medal or coin. 5 Linguistics An abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct from actual occurrences in speech or writing. Contrasted with token.The concepts [dog], [cat], [horse], as well as [animal], occupy the abstract domain of types....
verb [with object] 1Write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys: he typed out the second draft [no object]: I’m learning to type...
2 Medicine Determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs: the kidney was typed...
Phrasesin type Derivativestypal
OriginLate 15th century (in the sense 'symbol, emblem'): from French, or from Latin typus, from Greek tupos 'impression, figure, type', from tuptein 'to strike'. The use in printing dates from the early 18th century; the general sense 'category with common characteristics' arose in the mid 19th century. Rhymes |
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