imprint

英 [ɪmˈprɪnt , ˈɪmprɪnt]

美 [ɪmˈprɪnt , ˈɪmprɪnt]

v.  产生重大影响; 铭刻; 使铭记; 印; 压印
n.  印记; 压印; 痕迹; 持久影响; 出版商名称(通常印在第一页的书名下面)

过去分词：imprinted　复数：imprints　现在分词：imprinting　过去式：imprinted　第三人称单数：imprints　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11923 / COCA.10278

牛津词典

verb

• 产生重大影响；铭刻；使铭记
  to have a great effect on sth so that it cannot be forgotten, changed, etc.
  1. The terrible scenes were indelibly imprinted on his mind.
     那些恐怖场面深深地铭刻在他的心中。
• 印；压印
  to print or press a mark or design onto a surface
  1. clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams
     印着运动队标志的衣服

noun

• 印记；压印；痕迹
  a mark made by pressing or stamping sth onto a surface
  1. the imprint of a foot in the sand
     沙滩上的足迹
• 持久影响
  the lasting effect that a person or an experience has on a place or a situation
• 出版商名称（通常印在第一页的书名下面）
  the name of the publisher of a book, usually printed below the title on the first page

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'ɪmprɪnt/. The verb is pronounced /ɪm'prɪnt/. 名词读作 /'ɪmprɪnt/,动词读作 /ɪm'prɪnt/。


• N-COUNT 印记;深远影响
  If something leaves animprinton a place or on your mind, it has a strong and lasting effect on it.
  1. The city bears the imprint of Japanese investment...
     该市带有日本投资的深刻印记。
  2. Both King and Gandhi were tremendously brave men whose unique form of courage left a lasting imprint on their nations' histories.
     金和甘地都是勇敢无畏的人,他们独一无二的勇气在他们各自国家的历史上留下了深远影响。
• VERB 铭刻;使牢记
  When somethingis imprinted onyour memory, it is firmly fixed in your memory so that you will not forget it.
  1. The skyline of domes and minarets was imprinted on my memory...
     天空中穹顶与尖塔的轮廓深深刻在了我的记忆中。
  2. He repeated the names, as if to imprint them in his mind...
     他一遍遍重复着那些名字,仿佛要把它们铭刻在心里。
  3. He could not dislodge the images imprinted on his brain.
     他难以把刻在脑海中的形象抹去。
• N-COUNT 印痕;痕迹
  Animprintis a mark or outline made by the pressure of one object on another.
  1. The ground still bore the imprints of their feet.
     地面上仍然留有他们的脚印。
• VERB 印;压印
  If a surfaceis imprinted witha mark or design, that mark or design is printed on the surface or pressed into it.
  1. Stationery can be imprinted with your message or logo...
     可以把你的信息或标志印在信纸上。
  2. They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.
     他们还留下了一张名片,上面印着肖恩·林奇的名字。
  3. ...a racket with the club's badge imprinted on the strings.
     网线上印有俱乐部徽章的网球拍

英英释义

noun

• a device produced by pressure on a surface
• a distinctive influence
  1. English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion
• an impression produced by pressure or printing
  Synonym:embossment
• an identification of a publisher
  1. the book was published under a distinguished imprint
• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
  1. he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
  Synonym:depressionimpression

verb

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
  1. To make a batik, you impress a design with wax
  Synonym:impress
• establish or impress firmly in the mind
  1. We imprint our ideas onto our children
  Synonym:form

双语例句

• She was no longer plastic clay, yielding imprint to each new experience.
  她不再是一团可以随意捏塑、愿意接受每一个新的经验印记的沃土了。
• Seal imprint verification is an important application in the field of image processing and pattern recognition.
  印鉴识别是计算机图像处理和模式识别技术的重要应用。
• He repeated the names, as if to imprint them in his mind
  他一遍遍重复着那些名字，仿佛要把它们铭刻在心里。
• The ground still bore the imprints of their feet.
  地面上仍然留有他们的脚印。
• Years of high unemployment have left their imprint on the region.
  多年的高失业率在该地区留下了持久的影响。
• The sinister atmosphere of the place left an indelible imprint on my memory.
  此处不祥的氛围在我的记忆中刻下了不可磨灭的印记。
• These things have left a deep imprint on our thinking.
  这些事在我们的思想上烙下了深刻的印记。
• With an imprint of your watch on her wrist.
  她手腕上有你手表留下的印记。
• To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something.
  在某事物上做标记或产生一个印记。
• The moment Mrs Thatcher fell from power has left a lasting imprint on the world's memory.
  撒切尔夫人倒台的那一刻在世人的记忆中留下了永久的印痕。