compositor
/kuhm-poz-i-ter/US // kəmˈpɒz ɪ tər //UK // (kəmˈpɒzɪtə) //
合成师,作曲家,合成器,构图师
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person who sets the type or text for printing.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inprinter
Examples
One of these was an old compositor who had "held a case" in that office for many years.
Companies were as hopelessly jumbled and mixed as a galley of type that a compositor has dropped downstairs.
Thence the proof passes back again to the compositor, who corrects the type in accordance with the proof-reader's markings.
The portion thus given each compositor is called a "take," and its length is determined by circumstances.
If many such occur, the proof is again passed to the compositor for further correction and the taking of fresh proofs.
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