| 单词 | italic |
| 释义 | italic (once / 5102 pages) adjn Italic is a typeface or font style that slants to the right. Most writers use italic type to emphasize certain words or phrases. You can use the word italic as a noun or an adjective, usually in the form "italic type," or italics. Either way, it describes the kind of cursive-styled typeface that leans at an angle. Some writers use italic type to indicate a character's speech, or to emphasize words the character stresses. You can also use italic type for words in foreign languages or the titles of long works, like novels or films. WORD FAMILYitalic: italically, italicise, italicize, italics+/italicise: italicised, italicises, italicising/italicize: italicized, italicizes, italicizing USAGE EXAMPLESHis voice, a Bronx rasp, shades the world in italics. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) These are Hollywood movies with “Hollywood” in italics and quotation marks, combining lurid overstatement with subtle, even subliminal irony. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) This has always been the case; her diaries come packed with capital letters for emphasis and italics for the same — gah! — reason. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) 1adj characterized by slanting characters italic characters 2n a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right Hyper cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper 3n a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right Hyper case, face, font, fount, typeface a specific size and style of type within a type family Italic (once / 24370 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY Italic: Italically, Italics USAGE EXAMPLESThe writer is chairman of the Italic Institute of America. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) I named him Italics and hunted with him for two years before I released him this past April. The Guardian(Oct 07, 2015) That the Bold Italic failed while the Tyee has existed for more than a decade—and has won several accolades—gives some insight into this. The New Yorker(Apr 15, 2015) 1n a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative Syn|Hypo|Hyper Italic language Osco-Umbrian a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin Latinany dialect of the language of ancient Rome Umbrianan extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy Oscanan extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy Sabellianan extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions Old Latinthe oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.) classical Latinthe language of educated people in ancient Rome Low Latinany dialect of Latin other than the classical Biblical Latin, Late Latinthe form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries Neo-Latin, New LatinLatin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature Latinian language, Romance, Romance languagethe group of languages derived from Latin Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia 2adj of or relating to the Italic languages ancient Italic dialects |
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