Em
[em] or [ɪm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
(noun.) a quad with a square body; 'since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad''.
編輯:兰德尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.
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解釋/意思:
n. the name of the letter M: (print.) the unit of measurement in estimating how much is printed on a page.
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例句/造句/用法:
- What did you burn 'em for? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I'll beat 'em, if it cost me a thousand guineas. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But there's not a dozen men amoong 'em, ma'am—a dozen? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It's policy to give 'em line enough, and there's no objection to that. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Why, take a look at 'em and see. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Could you commission any friend of yours to bring me a pair, if you've no further use for 'em? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Twould please 'em well at such a time! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- And when I wait upon 'em, they'll say to me sometimes--WITH IT ON--thick, and no mistake--“How am I looking, Mowcher? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Or even if I any ways should want a wink or two,' added Sloppy, after a moment's apologetic reflection, 'I could take 'em turning. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His model was a po em by Empedocles on Nature, the grand hexameters of which had fasci nated the Roman poet. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The words we've smashed 'em rang in his ears. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Isn't it an extraordinary thing of Krook to have appointed twelve o'clock to-night to hand 'em over to me? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- You needn't repeat 'em,' says Wegg, pressing his hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I likes to keep my things where I knows whar to go to 'em, said Dinah, rather decidedly. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- One or another on 'em,' said the turnkey, repudiating beforehand the refusal of all his suggestions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Operated by a single person, the Mergenthaler produces and assembles linotypes ready for the press or stereotyping table at the rate of from 3,600 to 7,000 ems (type characters) per hour. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
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