Impress

[ɪm'pres] or [ɪm'prɛs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of coercing someone into government service.

(verb.) dye (fabric) before it is spun.

(verb.) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; 'Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us'.

(verb.) mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; 'To make a batik, you impress a design with wax'.

(verb.) impress positively; 'The young chess player impressed her audience'.

厄玛編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

(v. t.) To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

(v. t.) Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

(n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.

(v. i.) To be impressed; to rest.

(n.) The act of impressing or making.

(n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.

(n.) Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

(n.) A device. See Impresa.

(n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

手打:谢莉

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Stamp, print, imprint, mark by pressure.[2]. Inculcate, fix deeply.[3]. Press, force into public service.

n. [1]. Print, imprint, stamp, impression, mark, seal.[2]. Device (as upon a seal), motto, cognizance, symbol, emblem.

手打:菲尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Imprint, print, device, motto, impression, stamp,[See DEVICE_and_STAMP]

SYN:Stamp, print, imprint, inculcate, fix_deeply

ANT:Learn, be_impressed, be_studious, be_mindful

手打:波莉

解釋/意思:

v.t. to force into service esp. the public service.—n. Im′press.

v.t. to press upon: to mark by pressure: to produce by pressure: to stamp: to fix deeply in the mind.—ns. Im′press that which is made by pressure: stamp: likeness; Impressibil′ity.—adj. Impress′ible susceptible.—n. Impress′ibleness.—adv. Impress′ibly.—ns. Impress′ion the act or result of impressing: a single edition of a book: the effect of any object on the mind: idea: slight remembrance; Impressionabil′ity.—adj. Impress′ionable able to receive an impression.—ns. Impress′ionism a modern movement in art and literature originating in France its aim being to cast off the trammels of artistic tradition and to look at nature in a fresh and original manner—it employs general effects vigorous touches and deals in masses of form and colour; Impress′ionist.—adv. Impressionis′tic.—adj. Impress′ive capable of making an impression on the mind: solemn.—adv. Impress′ively—ns. Impress′iveness; Impress′ure (Shak.) impression.

n. (Milt.) a device worn by a noble or his retainers.

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