Engraving
[ɪn'greɪvɪŋ;en-] or [ɪn'ɡrevɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.
(noun.) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved.
(noun.) a print made from an engraving.
艾琳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrave
(n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
(n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
(n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
編輯:韦德
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Engraved plate.[2]. Print.
校對:诺艾尔
例句/造句/用法:
- As allied branches of the photographic art, photo-engraving, photo-lithographing, and half-tone engraving are important developments of the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Tainter, who in 1886 patented in the United States means of cutting or engraving the sound waves in a solid body. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Pretschi, have also successfully directed their attention to engraving the images of the camera, which has now obtained a high degree of perfection. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Yes, and more than that, this process of engraving is dimming to the eyes. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I get my bread by drawing and engraving on wood for the cheap periodicals. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The plate is then returned to the engraving department, which completes the work, burnishing darks, engraving highlights, removing slight imperfections and otherwise perfecting the plate. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The effect of changing the direction of the light may be readily perceived by making a drawing on both sides of a sheet of paper, as shown in the annexed engraving. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- For every particular use to which an engraving can be put, there is some particular style or grade of engraving better adapted than any other. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Nine separate men handle each engraving in the halftone department. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The Story in Photo-Engraving[30] 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Fig.?3, copied from an old engraving, shows this latter arrangement. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I am going to look out an engraving which Fred is tall enough to hang for me. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Encouraged by his wife’s great interest, and spurred on by the passion for invention, Gutenberg now set himself seriously to study the problem of engraving. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This method of printing finds application in fine line engraving in works of art, card invitations, and bank note engraving. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Poor young Plymdale had lingered with admiration over this very engraving, and his spirit was stirred. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Here was a grand Oriental picture which I had worshiped a thousand times in soft, rich steel engravings! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- We will turn over my Italian engravings together, continued that good-natured man. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The production of engravings is just as highly technical and scientific and involves as much experience and judgment in their application as any of the learned professions. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- One day Gutenberg told him that they needed a good man to cut the designs for the engravings. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- They superseded wood engravings, which for years has been the recognized medium for illustrations to print on a type printing press. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Mr. Cowper recommended the Religious Tract Society to put aside their coarse woodcuts, to have superior wood engravings, and to print with his machine. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Photo-engravings are a comparatively modern product. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Each number, published weekly, consisted of eight pages of letterpress, illustrated with good wood engravings. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The means he employs of doing so are at present kept secret, but he has shown its practicability by copying, on wood engravings, Mr. George Cruikshank's series of The Bottle. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- By the process of electrotyping, plates of metal duplicating exactly the printing surface of the type and engravings in the original page, can be made. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Oriental scenes look best in steel engravings. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It is also employed economically for engravings, to give a fine surface to a thick sheet of coarser material. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Photo-engravings, broadly speaking, are divided into two classes--line engravings and halftones. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Among the many applications of lithography, the transfer of copper-plate engravings is one of the most useful. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Fifty proofs of steel engravings and lithographs were scattered around, too. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
校對:洛丽塔