lithography

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lithography — 名詞

1. a method of printing from a flat, chemically treated surface — usually a stone s

1.名詞C1
釋義

平版印刷術

利用油水相斥原理的平面印刷技術

a method of printing from a flat, chemically treated surface — usually a stone slab or a metal sheet — in which the design holds a greasy ink while the rest of the surface repels it, allowing the image to be transferred onto paper or another material

例句

Yuki learned lithography in her printmaking class at the Taipei art school.

Yuki 在臺北藝術學校的版畫課上學了平版印刷術。

The museum displayed rare posters printed by traditional stone lithography.

博物館展出了用傳統石版印刷製作的稀有海報。

collocation: traditional stone lithography

同義詞
  • planographic printing

    a broader technical term for any flat-surface printing method; more formal and rarely used outside specialist writing

  • offset printing

    a modern form of lithography where ink is transferred to a rubber roller first; very common in commercial printing but not an exact synonym for all lithography

反義詞
  • intaglio

    a printing method where ink sits in cut grooves, opposite of the flat-surface chemical principle of lithography

  • relief printing

    a method where the inked surface is raised (like woodblock), whereas lithography prints from a flat plane

文法句型

lithography [uncountable noun]

用法筆記

An uncountable noun — you talk about 'learning lithography' or 'using lithography', but not 'a lithography'. The countable form 'a lithograph' refers to a single print made by this process. Common in formal or art-historical contexts; in everyday speech people usually say 'print' or 'poster'.

常見錯誤

❌She bought a beautiful lithography at the gallery.
✅She bought a beautiful lithograph at the gallery.
💡'Lithography' is the printing method; the finished picture is a 'lithograph'.
❌The museum has many old lithographies.
✅The museum has many old lithographs.
💡The technique is uncountable; the prints are countable and use '-graph'.