单词 | imprint |
释义 | imprint (once / 1397 pages) 1vn 2vn To imprint is to mark or stamp something, like with the name of a publisher. It also can refer to any kind of impression or influence. You can imprint or leave imprints — the word is happy as a verb or a noun. You can literally imprint something with a stamp of your initials. You can even make an imprint on a bed just by lying on it. Branding is a type of imprinting too. Also, if someone changed your life, she left an imprint on you. You can hear the imprint (influence) of the blues on any rock and roll song. All imprints leave a mark. WORD FAMILYimprint: imprinted, imprinting, imprints+/imprinting: imprintings USAGE EXAMPLESThe experience left a lasting imprint on the president, his aides said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Threshold Editions, the imprint publishing “Dangerous,” was founded, in 2006, with a politically conservative mission. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) In an emailed statement, it said that 15 of the more than 300 books it wrote about last year were Simon & Schuster imprint books. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v mark or stamp with or as if with pressure Syn|Hypo|Hyper impress stamp to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something boss, emboss, stampraise in a relief date, date stampstamp with a date handstamp, rubberstampstamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document frank, postmarkstamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing blockstamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface 2n a concavity in a surface produced by pressing Syn|Hypo|Hyper depression, impression dimple a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin channel, groovea long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) dimpleany slight depression in a surface dipa depression in an otherwise level surface dent, incision, prick, scratch, slita depression scratched or carved into a surface droop, saga shape that sags crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinklea slight depression in the smoothness of a surface chap, crack, cranny, crevice, fissurea long narrow depression in a surface dadoa rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it flute, flutinga groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) quirka narrow groove beside a beading rabbet, rebatea rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together tracka groove on a phonograph recording ruta groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) score, scotcha slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh linea wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes dermatoglyphicthe lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) frown linea facial wrinkle associated with frowning life line, lifeline, line of lifea crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal linea crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature line of Saturn, line of destiny, line of fatea crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be stria, striationany of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue washoutthe channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature a shape that curves or bends inward 3n an impression produced by pressure or printing Syn|Hyper embossment impression, stamp a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving 4n an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page the book was published under a distinguished imprint Hyper identification evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing 5n a device produced by pressure on a surface 2Hypo|Hyper impression (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 1v establish or impress firmly in the mind We imprint our ideas onto our children Syn|Hyper form act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect 2n a distinctive influence English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion Hyper influence a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do |
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