type
type
noun
[with obj.]
in type
typal
adjective
noun
- a category of people or things having common characteristics
类型；种类；品种
this type of heather grows better in a drier habitat.
此类欧石楠在更干燥的地方长势更好。
blood types.
血型。
■a person, thing, or event considered as a representative of such a category
具有代表性的人（物，事件）；典型；榜样
It's not the type of car I'd want my daughter to drive.
这不是我想让女儿开的那种型号车。
I'm an adventurous type.
我是冒险型的人。
■[with adj. or noun modifier](informal)a person of a specified character or nature
(非正式)具有某种特点的人；具有某种性情的人
two sporty types in tracksuits.
穿着田径服的两个运动型人物。
■(one's type)(informal)the sort of person one likes or finds attractive
(非正式)喜爱类型的人；有吸引力类型的人
she's not really my type.
她不是我真正喜爱的那类人。
■(Linguistics)an abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct from actual occurrences in speech or writing
(语言学)类型，型。 比较token - a person or thing symbolizing or exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something
象征
she characterized his witty sayings as the type of modern wisdom.
她把他的机智言论描绘成现代智慧的象征。
■an object, conception, or work of art serving as a model for subsequent artists
（艺术的）典型；榜样
■(Botany & Zoology)an organism or taxon chosen as having the essential characteristics of its group
(植，动)型；种；模式种；模式属；模式标本
■short for type specimen
type specimen的简称 - [mass noun]printed characters or letters
印刷文字
bold or italic type.
黑体或斜体印刷文字。
■[count noun]a piece of metal with a raised letter or character on its upper surface, for use in letterpress printing
（印刷）铅字，活字
■such pieces collectively
铅字版，活字版 - a design on either side of a medal or coin
（奖章或硬币）图案 - (Theology)a foreshadowing in the Old Testament of a person or event of the Christian dispensation
(神学)预示，预兆；（《圣经•旧约》有关基督教教规）预兆性人物（或事件）
[with obj.]
- write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys
（用键盘）打；输入
he typed out the second draft.
他打出二稿。
[no obj.]I am learning how to type.
我在学打字。 - (Medicine)determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs
(医)测定类型；（按类型）分类
the kidney was typed.
肾的类型已测定。 - short for typecast
typecast的简称
in type
- (Printing)composed and ready for printing
(印刷)排好版（准备付印）的
typal
adjective
- (罕)
- late 15th cent. (in the sense 'symbol, emblem'): from French, or from Latin typus, from Greek tupos 'impression, figure, type', from tuptein 'to strike'. The use in printing dates from the early 18th cent.: the general sense 'category with common characteristics' arose in the mid 19th cent
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