imprint

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im·print1 /ˈɪmprɪnt/ noun [countableC]

1 MARKthe mark left by an object being pressed into or onto something 印记；压痕

imprint of

the imprint of her hand on the soft sand

她留在细沙上的手印

2. technicalTCN the name of a publisher as it appears on a book 〔印在书籍上的〕出版者名称

Examples from the Corpus

imprint• There are more than 2,500 volumes of pre-1800 imprint, and an extensive assemblage of maps, illustrations and ephemera.• Each phase is the outcome of the one before, whilst bearing the chronic imprint of an interior design.• In the gardens the grass glistened with dew, which left imprints where the soldiers' feet had passed.• This dictionary is published under the Longman imprint.• The major collective syntheses were invariably supervised by the most senior figures in the profession and bear the imprint of authority.• At its summit is a boulder with a hollow resembling the imprint of a man's foot.• A third saguaro lies full-length in the dirt, one end squashed flat and stamped with the imprint of tire treads.• Proprietors do appoint editors and chief-executives; they decide budgets and manning levels and they put their imprint on the total organizations.• Its vistas leave a warm and timeless imprint on even the most jaded memory.

imprint of• a rock with a fossil imprint of algae

im·print2 /ɪmˈprɪnt/ verb

1 [transitiveT]MARK to print or press the mark of an object on something 在…上压印[盖印]

imprint something on/in/onto something

One snowy morning, footprints and tyre marks were imprinted in the snow.

一个下雪的早上，雪地上留下了脚印和轮胎印。

2 literaryREMEMBER to become fixed in your mind or memory so that you never forget 铭记在心，留在脑海里

imprint something on your mind/memory/brain etc

The sight of Joe’s dead body was imprinted on his mind forever.

看到乔尸体的景象一直留在他的脑海里。

Examples from the Corpus

imprint• He glanced down the codings listed on the last of the semi-opaque sheets and imprinted his authorisation.• The final image he imprinted on Greg's mind was a handsome wreck, a St Pancras Station of a man.• The chick will not imprint on objects seen after that time.• Duncan read through the list, imprinting the information into his memory.• Human beings appear to need to imprint themselves on the land.• Sjoo and Mor tell us that the ancient Arabs imprinted vulvas on its surface.

From Longman Business Dictionary

imprintim·print /ˈɪmprɪnt/ noun [countableC]

1the names of the PUBLISHER and the PRINTER as they appear on a book

books published under the Books For Young Readersimprint

2ORGANIZATIONSa publishing company

Over the next three years, the imprint will publish between 300 and 400 books from its backlist.

im·print1 nounim·print2 verb

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