printable 1574 |
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PICTURE |4?l ft 4 [G] a picture that is
cut into wood or
metal then covered with ink
and printed onto paper; a picture that is copied from a painting using photography
jfrfi; a
framed, set of prints —
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PHOTOGRAPH J$ jf 5 M a photograph produced
from
film ( >4 Sfc Ep ) IS It: How many sets of prints
would you like ? ifc M Jl iz M M" ? 0 a colour print —
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CLOTH ?}] 6 [U, C] cotton cloth that has a pattern
printed on it; this pattern
EpfefU/p ( ) ; feft:
a cotton print dress 0 a floral print
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see also blueprint
ITCT71 get into ' print to be published ft ft
H&; ft ^: By the time this gets into print, they’ll already have left
the country.
liTo in print 1 (of a book 45 H)
still available from the company that publishes it M^Epft 2 (of a person’s work
f4nn) printed in a book, newspaper, etc. E ftj Ep;
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ft B: It was the first time he
had seen his name in print. ,out of
'print (of a book 4$ ft) no longer available from the company
that publishes it XHEpfr print-able /‘printabl/ adj. (usually used with a
negative ® AA- A ift® 41) suitable to be repeated in writing
and read by people it % fiJ Ep ( ^ 1$ M : His comment when he heard
the news was not printable (= was very rude). fife aft f!] & M ,E04 T 69 if X S ftJ S „
rma unprintable
.printed
‘circuit noun a circuit for electricity that uses thin
strips of metal instead of wires to carry the current EpftijftS# printer On /'prmta(r)/ noun 1 a machine for
printing text on paper, especially one connected to a computer ft* Ep lit ( X
It H'it M til 40 3* W ) : a colour/laser
printer & / $ ft IT Ep 4/1
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picture o page R5 2 a person or a company
whose job is printing books, etc. Epffiij; EpflliJlA; EpHUXw] 3 printer’s {pi. printers) a place where books,
etc. are printed £p Ji5!l J
print
ing on /'printir/
noun 1 [U] the act of
producing letters, pictures, patterns, etc. on sth by pressing a surface
covered with ink against it Ep HU; Ep HU A: the invention of printing Ep H'JAWA0/!
0 the
printing trade EpHUik 0 colour printing f/feEpHU 2 [C] the act of printing a
number of copies of a book at one time ( 45 If P4 ) —
ifc Ep HU: The book is in its sixth printing. &A-45jil£A#cEpHU7o
3 [U] a type of writing
when you write all the letters separately and do not join them together EpHUXft
'printing press noun a machine that
produces books, newspapers, etc. by pressing a surface covered in ink onto
paper EpHUI/l
print-maker /'printmeika(r)/ noun an artist who prints
pictures or designs ® E; B
text downloaded from the Internet 4TEpf4 — picture o page R5 — compare read-out 'print queue noun (computing if) a list of documents
held on a computer that are waiting to be printed fT Ep
pa?!J ()
'print run noun (technical Ain) the number of
copies of a book, magazine, etc. printed at one time ( 45 fj
w)
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print-works /'printw3:ks; NAmE -W3irks/ noun {pi. printworks) (BrE) a factory where patterns
are printed on cloth Ep^r; Epftr
prion /'pri:nn; NAmE -a:n/ noun {biology 4) a very small unit
of protein that is believed to be
the cause of brain diseases such as BSE, CJD and scrapie DI4!]7,
mm&a, ft mm {immm>
prior
0-w /■ praia(r)/ adj., noun
m adj. [only before noun] 1 happening or existing
before sth else or before a particular time AM4J; PZ; ftM
: Although not essential,
some prior
knowledge of statistics is desirable. if^ #j ftl iR i ^
*,&<> 0 This information must not
be disclosed
without prior written consent. A ^ AIE I# 45 ffi ift 4T , lit If ®So o Visits are by prior arrangement.
M W- ♦ A 41 o 0 Please give us prior notice if you need an evening
meal,
fir 41
Hr#, if MAS $0$
ffl o o She
will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement.
MAMftEo
2 already existing and therefore more important ft A ;
ft A6X PZ: They
have a prior
claim to the
property. fifed ft IX it3 ‘prior to {formal) before sth nfcfj ffi : during the week prior to
the meeting —P*3
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noun (feminine pri-or-ess /'praiaros; BrE also .praia'res/) 1 a person who is in
charge of a group of monks or nuns living in a priory ( 4 1^ ) IS 2
(in an
abbey) a person next in rank below an abbot or
ABBESS ( Mim )
pri ori <=>a priori
pri-ori-tize {BrE also -ise) /praTnrataiz; NAmE -’o:r-; -‘a:r-/ verb 1 to put tasks, problems, etc. in order of
importance, so that you can deal with the most
important,first,MftitXMft: [VN] You should make a list of
all the jobs you have to do and prioritize them. 448c
[also V] 2 [VN] (formal) to treat sth as being
more important than other things ffcA^hS: The organization was formed to prioritize
the needs of older people.
► prioritization, -isa-tion /prai.DrataTzeiJn; NAmE -,o:rata’z-; -,a:ra-/ noun [U]
pri or ity fHr /prai'Drati; NAmE -'o:r-; -'air-/ noun {pi. -ies)
1
[C]
something that you think is more important than other things and should be
dealt with first ifcA#®; Wr^P^; a high/lowpriority 1L&/
O Education is a top priority. o Our first priority is to improve standards.
o Financial security was high on his
list of priorities.
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<> You need to get your priorities
right {= decide
what is important to you). g E
%&M.o o {NAmE) You need
to get your priorities straight.
m, 2 [uj - (over sth) the
most important place among various things that have to be done or among a group
of people it A; it AIX; fiA ET7TI precedence • Club members will be given priority. ^ A ^ it AIXo 0 The search for
a new vaccine will take priority over all other medical research. o
Priority cases, such as homeless families, get dealt with
first, itxmm,
3
[U] (BrE) the right of a vehicle
to go before other traffic at a particular place on a road (
AffiPZ ) ft A® It
IX BEE! Right of way ; Buses have priority at
this junction. p, A^n^MftAMIrlXo
pri-ory /‘praiari/ noun {pi. -ies) a building where a
community of monks or nuns lives, which is smaller and less important than an abbey prise (BrE) {NAmE prize) /praiz/ (also pry /prai/ especially in NAmE) verb to use force to separate
sth from sth else ® fj it Z4JF
; M7f : [VN -t-adv./prep.) He prised
her fingers from the bag and took it from her. i&MJfifib
o
[VN-ADJ] She used a
knife to prise open the lid. M 43 AJ IE m ^ M ft
.prise
sth-—out (of sb) | prise sth from sb to
force sb to give you
information about sb/sth ( fa
A)iil'p]1fU;
prism
/’prizam/
noun 1 (geometry fl M) a solid figure with
ends that are parallel and of the same size and shape, and with sides whose
opposite edges are equal and parallel lift44; ft ft — picture o solid 2 a transparent glass or
plastic object, often with ends in the shape of a triangle, which separates
light that passes through it into the colours of the rainbow ^; H