printing 印刷 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.名詞B1

釋義

印刷

用機器將文字或圖像印在材料上的活動或行業

the activity, process, or business of putting words, pictures, or patterns onto paper, cloth, or other surfaces using a machine that puts ink onto the material

例句

Jude works in the printing industry and manages a team of ten press operators.

Jude 在印刷業工作，管理一個由十名印刷機操作員組成的團隊。

collocation: printing industry

The invention of the printing press made books much cheaper and more available to ordinary people.

印刷機的發明讓書籍變得更便宜，也更容易讓一般人取得。

同義詞

publishing
broader term; includes editing, marketing, and distribution, not just the physical printing process
reproduction
more technical; focuses on the duplicating process rather than the industry as a whole

文法句型

printing + noun (as modifier)

用法筆記

Uncountable in this sense — do not use with 'a' or 'an' (❌ a printing, ✅ the printing industry). Commonly appears as a modifier in compound nouns: printing press, printing company, printing technology.

常見錯誤

❌He works in a printing.

✅He works in the printing industry.

💡'printing' is uncountable for this sense; you need a specific noun like 'industry', 'company', or 'department'.

2.名詞B2

釋義

印次；版次

同一批次印刷的書籍或刊物數量

a batch of identical copies of a publication, all produced at the same time

例句

The first printing of Jiwoo's novel sold out within a week, so the publisher ordered a second run.

Jiwoo 的小說第一次印刷在一週內就銷售一空，出版社因此加印了第二版。

first/second printing — ordinal + printing

A third printing of the textbook was needed after it became a required course at several schools.

這本教科書在幾所學校列為必修課之後，需要第三次印刷。

同義詞

impression
more formal, used mainly in British publishing; identical meaning
edition
different meaning — an edition is a version with content changes, while a printing is merely a production batch

文法句型

a printing of [number] copies

first/second/third printing

用法筆記

Countable in this sense, so you can say 'a printing' or 'three printings'. Often used with an ordinal number (first printing, second printing) to indicate the sequence of batches. A 'reprint' is a later printing without significant changes to the content.

常見錯誤

❌The book is already in its three printing.

✅The book is already in its third printing.

💡use ordinal numbers (first, second, third) to describe the sequence of printings.

3.名詞B2

釋義

印刷體

字母不連筆、像印刷字體的手寫方式

a style of handwriting in which each letter is formed separately and not joined to the next letter, so that it looks similar to printed text

例句

The teacher asked the class to write in printing so their answers would be easy to read.

老師要求全班用印刷體書寫，這樣答案才容易辨識。

write in printing — preposition pattern

Sari filled the form in clear printing because cursive was not accepted.

Sari 用整齊的印刷體填寫表格，因為不接受草寫。

同義詞

block letters
same meaning; often used on forms or official documents
print script
more technical; used in education to describe the handwriting style taught before cursive

反義詞

cursive
joined-up writing where letters flow into each other
handwriting
general term for any style of writing by hand, including both printing and cursive

用法筆記

Uncountable in this sense. Usually follows the preposition 'in': write in printing, fill in the form in printing. The opposite style is 'cursive' (joined writing) or 'handwriting' (general term).

常見錯誤

❌Please write in a printing so I can read it.

✅Please write in printing so I can read it.

💡no article needed; 'printing' is uncountable here.

printing

printing — 名詞

1. the activity, process, or business of putting words, pictures, or patterns onto

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤

2. a batch of identical copies of a publication, all produced at the same time

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤

3. a style of handwriting in which each letter is formed separately and not joined

用法筆記

常見錯誤