letterpress
/ˈletəpres/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈletəpres/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈle-tər-ˌpres/ (ame, mw)
letterpress — 名詞
1. a way of printing where letters and pictures are cut so they stick up from a met
凸版印刷
字模凸起、沾墨後壓印於紙上的印刷法
a way of printing where letters and pictures are cut so they stick up from a metal block, covered with ink, and then pushed onto paper to leave a mark.
Beatriz printed her wedding invitations using letterpress on thick cotton paper.
Beatriz 用凸版印刷把婚禮邀請卡印在厚實的棉紙上。
printed using letterpress (typical method phrase)
The small studio in Kyoto still uses old letterpress machines from the 1920s.
京都那家小工作室至今仍在使用 1920 年代的老式凸版印刷機。
letterpress + machines (common collocation)
Ishaan loved how each card felt slightly pressed into the paper because of the letterpress.
Ishaan 很喜歡凸版印刷讓每張卡片在紙面上留下微微的壓痕。
Many small workshops have brought letterpress back as a craft for fancy stationery.
許多小工作坊把凸版印刷重新做成一種精緻信紙的手藝。
The museum showed how a letterpress printer set each tiny metal letter by hand.
博物館示範了凸版印刷的師傅如何一個一個地把小小的金屬鉛字排好。
- relief printing
broader technical term covering any printing from a raised surface, including woodblock
- typography
wider field that includes letterpress but also digital and other type-setting work
- offset printing
modern industrial method using a flat plate instead of raised type
- digital printing
ink is sprayed by a computer-controlled printer, with no physical raised surface
文法句型
printed by letterpress
letterpress + noun (attributive)
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when naming the method itself; often used attributively before another noun (a letterpress card, a letterpress workshop). The word names both the technique and, by extension, the older type of machine that uses it.