单词 | italic |
释义 | italic /i tal"ik, uy tal"-/, adj. 1. designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type. 2. (cap.) of or pertaining to Italy, esp. ancient Italy or its tribes. n. 3. Often, italics. italic type. 4. (cap.) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including ancient Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and modern Romance. [1555-65; < L Italicus < Gk Italikós, equiv. to Ital(ía) ITALY + -ikos -IC] |
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