imprint

名词 imprint:

1. a distinctive influence
2. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
   同义词：depression, impression
3. an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page
4. an impression produced by pressure or printing
   同义词：embossment
5. a device produced by pressure on a surface

动词 imprint:

1. establish or impress firmly in the mind
   同义词：form
2. mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
   同义词：impress

1. A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
   化石埋置并保存于地层中的古生物遗体、遗物和其生活遗址，如骨骸、叶子的印痕等
2. Her face bore the deep imprint of suffering.
   她的脸上带著受过苦难的深深的痕迹。

im.print

v.tr.（及物动词）
im.print.ed,im.print.ing,im.prints
To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
印，盖印：用力在表面上加印（标志或图案）
To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
通过压在（表面）作戳记
To impart a strong or vivid impression of:
使铭记于心：给…留下深刻或生动的印象：
例句：
.We imprint our own ideas onto acts.(Ellen Goodman)
.我们将自己的想法铭记于心.(埃伦·古德曼)

To fix firmly, as in the mind:
铭刻；牢记：
例句：
He tried to imprint the number on his memory.
他试图把那个号码牢牢记住

n.（名词）

A mark or pattern produced by imprinting.See Synonyms at impression
压印产生的痕迹或图案参见 impression
A distinguishing influence or effect:
显著的影响或结果：
例句：
Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.
留着伊斯兰统治的印记的西班牙建筑

A publisher`s name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.
标记：出版者的名字，往往和出版日期、地址和版本及一起印在印刷品的扉页的底部

来源：
Middle English emprenten
中古英语 emprenten
from Old French empreinter
源自 古法语 empreinter
from empreinte [impression] [from feminine past participle of] empreindre [to print]
源自 empreinte [印象] [] 源自empreindre的阴性过去分词 [印刷]
from Latin imprimere [to impress] * see impress
源自 拉丁语 imprimere [压印] *参见 impress