letterpress

IPA/ˈletəpres/
KK[lˈɛtɚprˌɛs]IPA/ˈletəpres/

letterpress — 名詞

1. a way of printing where letters and pictures are cut so they stick up from a met

1.名詞C1
釋義

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.

例句

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)

常見搭配
  • printed by letterpress
  • letterpress workshop
  • letterpress invitations
  • letterpress machine
  • traditional letterpress
同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

I bought two letterpresses for the invitations.
I had the invitations done in letterpress.
the word names the method, not a countable printed item.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • letterpress printing
  • letterpress workshop
  • letterpress machine
  • letterpress invitations
  • letterpress studio

常用片語

  • printed by letterpress
  • done in letterpress
  • set in letterpress type

介系詞搭配

  • in letterpress
  • by letterpress
  • on a letterpress