/prɪnt; prɪnt/
n
1 [U] letters, words, numbers, etc in printed form 印出的字母、词、数字等; 印刷字体
*Headlines are written in large print. 标题是用大号字体印刷的.
* The print is too small for me to read without glasses. 印刷字体太小, 我不带眼镜就看不清.
2 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) mark left on a surface where sth has (been) pressed on it 印痕; 印记
*`fingerprints
* `footprints.
3 [C]
(a) picture or design made by printing from an inked surface （印成的）图画, 图案, 版画
*an old Japanese print 古老的日本版画
* a series of prints of London life 一组伦敦生活的画片.
(b) photograph printed from a negative （由底片印出的）照片
*colour prints 彩色照片.
4 [U, C] printed cotton fabric 印花布
*She bought a/some flowery print to make a summer dress. 她买了一块[一些]有花卉图案的印花布做夏天的连衣裙.
* [attrib 作定语] a print dress 印花布连衣裙.
5 (idm 习语) in print
(a) (of a book) available for sale from the publisher （指书）已印好, 可买到
*Is that volume still in print? 那册书还能买到吗?
(b) (of a person's work) printed in a book, newspaper, etc （指作品）已印出, 已出版
*It was the first time he had seen himself/his work in print. 这是他第一次看见自己的作品出版. ,out of `print (of a book) no longer available from the publisher （指书）已销售一空的, 绝版的
*Her first novel is out of print now but you may find a second-hand copy. 她的第一部小说现已绝版, 不过你可以找本旧的. rush into print => rush1. the small `print => small.

/prɪnt; prɪnt/
v
1 (a) [Tn] make letters, pictures, etc on (paper) by pressing an inked surface against it 在（纸）上印字母、图画等; 印在（纸）上
*The first
64 pages of the book have been printed. 该书的前
64 页已印出.
* They bought a new machine to print the posters. 他们购置了一台新机器, 用来印海报.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (in/on sth) make (letters, pictures, etc) on paper by pressing an inked surface against it 在纸上印（字母、图画等）
*The poems were printed on a small hand press. 这些诗是在一台小型手动印刷机上印的.
* You surely won't print (ie publish, esp in a newspaper) such a scandalous allegation. 你绝不会让这种造谣中伤的言论披露见报的吧.
* (fig 比喻) The events printed themselveson her memory, ie could not be forgotten. 这些事铭刻在她的记忆中.
(c) [Tn] make (books, pictures, etc) in this way 印刷（书籍、图画等）
*The publisher has printed10000 copies of the book. 这本书出版社已印了10000册.
* The firm specializes in printing advertisements. 这家公司专印广告.
2 [I, Tn] write (with) separated letters like those used in printing (rather than joined together as in handwriting) 用印刷体写; 写印刷体
*Children learn to print when they first go to school. 儿童刚入学时学习用印刷体写字.
* The child carefully printed his name in capitals at the bottom of his picture. 那孩子在他那张图画的下面用印刷体大写字母仔细地书写了自己的名字.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (in/on sth) press (a mark or design) on a surface 打上（印记）; 印（图案）
*print letters in the sand 在沙上画出字母
* print a flower design on cotton fabric 在棉织品上印花卉图案.
4 [Tn] make a design on (a surface or fabric) by pressing a surface against it which has been coloured with ink or dye 将图案印在（某表面或织物）上
*printed cotton, wallpaper 印花棉布、壁纸.
5 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (off) make (a photograph) from a negative film or plate 由底片或感光板印（照片）
*How many copies shall I print (off) for you? 你要我印多少份?
6 [I]
(a) (of a photograph) be produced from a negative film or plate （指照片）由底片或感光板印出
*This snapshot hasn't printed very well. 这张快照印出来不太清楚.
(b) (of a plate or film) produce a picture （指感光板或胶片）印出照片
*This plate has been damaged it won't print very well. 这感光板坏了--印出来好不了.
7 (idm 习语) a licence to print money => licence. the ,printed `word what is published in books, newspapers, etc 刊在书、报等上的文字
*the power of the printed word to influence people's attitudes 书刊文字对人们态度的影响力.
8 (phr v) print (sth) out (computing 计) (of a machine) produce (information from a computer) in printed form （指机器）打印出（计算机中的信息）.