letterpress
/let-er-pres/US // ˈlɛt ərˌprɛs //UK // (ˈlɛtəˌprɛs) //
凸版印刷,凸印,凸版印刷品,凸版印刷术
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : the process of printing from letters or type in relief, rather than from intaglio plates or planographically.
- : matter printed in such a manner.
- : Chiefly British. printed text or reading matter, as distinguished from illustrations.
adv.副词 adverb
- 1
- : by letterpress: The circular should be printed letterpress, not offset.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : set in letterpress: letterpress work.
Examples
When we got engaged three years ago, talk of caterers and florists and letterpress invitations occupied us at these gatherings.
Indeed, he remembered that he had forgotten to consult the letterpress as to which it represented.
He taught him how to clean letterpress and engravings from ferruginous, fungous, and other kinds of spots.
The letterpress of this great work is a choice specimen of Nichol's types, and each play occupies a separate portfolio.
The letterpress, too, is extraordinarily full and elaborate.
Our readers will be able now to consult our pictures and letterpress of the Church, at the same time that they see the original.
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