单词 | stamp |
释义 | noun | verb stampstamp1 /stæmp/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] 1MAIL (also postage stamp) formal a small piece of paper that you buy and stick onto an envelope or package before sending it, that shows you have paid to use the mail system: a 32-cent stampa sheet/book of stamps (=set of stamps that you buy)2TOOL a tool for pressing or printing a mark or pattern onto a surface, or the mark made by this tool: a date stamp a stamp in your passport3somebody’s stamp of approval someone’s statement that he or she accepts something or give permission for something: The mayor gave his stamp of approval to the plan.4put your stamp on something to affect something so that it changes in a particular way, especially in a way that makes people notice you: It will take time for him to put his own stamp on the organization.5FOOT an act of stamping, especially with your foot: an angry stamp of her foot6quality a particular quality or type of character: a man of a literary stamphave/bear the stamp of something The speech bore the stamp of authority.7exchange for goods a trading stamp: Do you save stamps? → see also food stamp, rubber stamp noun | verb stampstamp2 ●●○ verb 1MAKE A MARK [transitive] to put a pattern, sign, or letters on something using a special tool: The folder was stamped “Secret.” The woman stamped my passport.stamp something on something the expiration date stamped on the bottlestamp something with something Each engine is stamped with a serial number.2put foot down [intransitive, transitive] to lift your foot off the ground and put it down hard SYN stomp: The audience stamped and shouted. “Be quiet!” she said, stamping her foot (=because she was angry). He stamped his feet to keep warm.stamp on something She screamed and stamped on a cockroach.3walk noisily [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to walk somewhere in a noisy way by putting your feet down hard on the ground, especially because you are angry or cold SYN stomp: She stamped down the stairs.4AFFECT somebody/something [transitive] to have an important or permanent effect on someone or something: The experience was stamped on her memory.stamp something on something He soon stamped his authority on the college.5MAIL [transitive] to stick a stamp onto a letter, package, etc.stamp somebody as something phrasal verb to show that someone has a particular type of character: Some Republicans are trying to stamp him as unpatriotic.stamp something ↔ out phrasal verb1to prevent something bad from continuing: The law is an attempt to stamp out political corruption.2to put out a small fire by stepping hard on the flames3to make a shape or object by pressing hard on something using a machine or tool |
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