copperplate

n. 铜板, 铜版, 铜板印刷 a. 工整的

发音

US /ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/

词形变化

copperplates 复数 copperplates copperplated copperplates 三单 copperplating copperplating 现在分词 copperplated 过去式 copperplated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.

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  2. 2.

    A print made from such a plate.

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  3. 3.

    A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.

    可数 不可数

    1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition). The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.

v.
  1. 1.

    To engrave on and print from a copperplate.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

print engraving longhand cursive running hand

词源

From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product: from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822.

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