n [pl] printed italic letters 印刷的斜体字母
*Examples in this dictionary are in italics. 本词典中的示例均为斜体字. =>App
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n [plural]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: italicus 'Italian', from Greek italikos, from Italia 'Italy'; because these letters were introduced by a 16th-century Italian printer, Aldus Manutius]
a type of printed letters that lean to the right, often used to emphasize particular words
in italics
　This example is written in italics.
→roman
>italicadj
　italic script