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Word family nouncopiercopyismcopyistcopybookcopycatcopyholdcopyholdercopyleftcopyreadercopyreadingcopyrightcopywritercopywritingcopyverbcopyreadadjectivecopyrightable

Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing

cop·y1 /ˈkɒpi $ ˈkɑːpi/ S1 W2 noun (plural copies)

1 [countableC]COPY something that is made to be exactly like another thing 复制件；副本

copy of

She forwarded them a copy of her British passport.

她给他们寄去了她英国护照的复印件。

This chair is a copy of an original design.

这把椅子是原创设计的仿制品。

Be sure to make copies of all the documents.

一定要把所有文件都印好副本。

back-up copies of your files

你的文档的备份

2 [countableC]TCN one of many books, magazines, records etc that are all exactly the same 〔书、杂志、唱片等的〕一份，一册，一张

copy of

We have six copies of the movie to give away.

这部电影我们有6份拷贝可以送出。

a copy of the local newspaper

一份当地报纸

The hardback costs £16.99 a copy.

精装本价格为16.99英镑一册。

The record sold a million copies.

该唱片售出了100万张。

Free copies are available on request.

免费册子承索即供。

3 [uncountableU]TCN technical something written in order to be printed in a newspaper, magazine, advertisement etc 〔写好后准备在报纸、杂志、广告等上刊印的〕原稿，稿件

Now that I’ve seen the finished copy, I’m delighted.

我看到了成稿后非常高兴。

4 good copy informalTCNNEWS interesting news 〔新闻报道的〕好材料，好题材

The interviews made good copy and helped with the film’s publicity.

这些采访内容精彩，有助于这部影片的推广。

Examples from the Corpus

good copy• Even those students intending to make a good copy of their rough essay may plan their writing.• A good copy, painted by a twentieth-century court painter, but nevertheless a copy.• He told himself it was all good copy for his next novel.• For, if he used her as a model, she used him as good copy.• Insipid daft doesn't make good copy.• He wanted to make good copy for himself and his plays.• Once the original is lost, the best copy you can make is less good than it was before.• It may not be a very good copy of this, of this thing for your thing.

→ fair copy, hard copy, soft copy

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

be a copy of something

The rug is a copy of a fine Chinese carpet.

make a copy of something

Make a copy of the letter before you send it.

keep a copy of something (also retain a copy of something formal)

Did you keep a copy of the email?

send/receive a copy of something

Could you send me a copy of the agreement?

attach a copy of something (=in an email)

I’m attaching a copy of the schedule.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + copy

a good copy (=one that is very like the original)

The painting is a good copy of the original.

a close copy (=a good copy)

It is a close copy of a bronze figure found in Iceland.

a back-up copy (=made in case the original is lost)

Be sure you regularly make back-up copies of your data.

Examples from the Corpus

copy• More than 85,000 copies of the magazine sold within three weeks.• I don't have my original birth certificate. Will you accept a copy?• Anyone wanting to buy a copy, only 100 were printed and of these twenty were sold on the day of publication.• The application was sent in June, and this is a copy.• The menu driven screen allows you to setup a copy session in seconds.• All copy must be on my desk by Monday morning.• a 19th century copy of the popular Rembrandt painting• For a free copy, call 555-9121.• Hilda Hewitt had copies of two posters run off on the Office photo-copier.• Connie left copies of the document on everybody's desk.• Most of them, however, had pulled copies of the Globe because the supermarket tabloid published copies of grisly crime-scene photographs.• During one marathon meeting that went on far into the night, some copies of documents had to be made.• The copies are then filed in date of arrival order.

back-up copies• If back-up copies are permitted under any licence agreement, the number of back-up copies made should not exceed that agreed to.• Users of software should confirm that they may make back-up copies of any programs they have acquired.• Finally, make sure you regularly make back-up copies of your data.• The Act, as amended, makes specific provision for the making of back-up copies of computer programs.• The Act recognizes the possibility that back-up copies may have been made.

Free copies• A companion brochure summaries Negretti Automation's full process control & weighing range. Free copies of both are available on request.

copy2 S2 verb (copied, copying, copies)

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COPY to deliberately make or produce something that is exactly like another thing 复制，复印；拷贝；抄写

Could you copy this letter and send it out, please?

你能把这封信复印一份发出去吗？

To copy a file, press F3.

拷贝文件按F3键。

copy (something) from something

a design copied from an 18th-century wallpaper

仿照18世纪一种墙纸的一个设计

The pupils just copy from textbooks and learn facts.

这些学生只是照搬课本，死记事实。

copy something into something

He copied the number into his notebook (=wrote the same number there).

他把数字抄写在笔记本上。

2 [transitiveT]IMITATE to deliberately do something that someone else has done or behave like someone else 模仿，仿效

Children often copy what they see on television.

儿童常常模仿电视上看到的东西。

I found myself copying him and his mannerisms.

我发觉自己在模仿他以及他的言谈举止。

3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COPY to cheat in an examination, schoolwork etc by looking at someone else’s work and writing the same thing as they have 抄袭

copy from

Jeremy had copied from the girl next to him.

杰里米抄袭过他邻座的女孩。

THESAURUS

copy to deliberately make or produce something that is exactly like another thing 复制，仿制

You could copy the files onto a CD.

你可以把文件复制在一张光盘上。

Many people have tried to copy his paintings.

许多人试图复制他的画作。

photocopy to copy a piece of paper with writing or pictures on it, using a machine 复印

I’ll photocopy the letter and give it to you.

我把信复印后给你。

reproduce to print a copy of a picture or document, especially in a book or newspaper 〔尤在书或报纸中〕复制〔图片或文件〕

The image has been reproduced in many magazines and newspapers around the world.

这幅图片已被世界各地许多杂志和报纸复制援用。

forge to illegally copy something written or printed 伪造〔书面或印刷的东西〕

He forged my signature.

他伪造了我的签名。

forged £10 notes

10英镑假钞

pirate to illegally copy and sell something such as a book, DVD, or computer program 盗版；非法翻印

The survey suggests that 27% of software in the UK has been pirated.

调查显示,英国有27%的软件遭遇盗版。

PHRASAL VERBS

4 copy something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v to write something down exactly as it was said or written 抄下，抄写

I must have copied your number down wrong.

我一定是把你的电话号码抄错了。

Examples from the Corpus

copy down• I copy it down here to help me go forward.• Benjamin borrowed a quill and a piece of parchment and copied the verse down, word for word.

5 copy somebody in phrasal verbphr v to send someone a copy of an email message you are sending to someone else 〔把发给别人的电子邮件〕抄送给〔某人〕

Can you copy me in on the memo you’re sending to Chris?

你把发给克里斯的备忘录抄送一份给我好吗？

Examples from the Corpus

copy in• If possible, duplicate and distribute copies well in advance of the tutorial.• If you make a copy of a file, the copy is identical in every way, except in name.• The page featured a photo of Joe looking over a piece of copy, cigarette in hand.• I put one copy of each in my scrapbook and sent one to my parents on Okinawa.• The beginner would be well advised to copy them out in open score with the necessary transpositions.• It was probably true that Herkomer had at least copied from photographs in the execution of some of his portrait commissions.• The first drugs attacked the copying enzyme in the hope that if the virus could not translate its information it would fail.• From the copy now in the possession of Mr. Tony Titford of West Horsley.

6 copy something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v COPYto write something again exactly as it is written in the document that you are looking at 抄写

The monks copied their manuscripts out by hand.

僧侣们用手抄写手稿。

Examples from the Corpus

copy out• Get the notes typewritten using a new ribbon, or copy them out in black felt tip pen in large capital letters.• The document had become the classic of dissent for these young men, each copy painstakingly written out in longhand.• The beginner would be well advised to copy them out in open score with the necessary transpositions.• Some he would take home, copying them out most carefully before returning them in their leather cases to their proper places.• We've only five copies to give out, so don't hang about.

7 copy something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE to write something again in a better or neater form 抄写，誊写〔清楚〕 SYN write up

It is important to copy up your notes soon after the lecture.

课后马上把笔记誊写清楚很重要。

Examples from the Corpus

copy up• A stack of copies was piled up at the entrance to the Arts Lab.• Once the first draft is complete, a proof copy is sent up for checking.• But copying to catch up is what everyone has to do if they want to join the first world.• This means that the same man can enter copy, make up the page, and check it for errors.• Cast off a calculation determining how much space copy will take up when typeset.

Examples from the Corpus

copy• Copy all the files onto disk.• Martin often claimed he copied Bing Crosby's singing style, but there was much more to his music than that.• Instead of copying coats of arms, she drew and painted freehand.• She was expelled for handing in an essay that she had copied directly from a newspaper article.• Several honors students were caught copying each other's answers.• The drawings had been copied from photographs.• In retrospect he criticized one of his old drawing masters for encouraging students to copy from photographs.• He began playing the guitar at age 7, copying his older brother Jimmie.• If I see anyone copying I'll send you straight to the principal's office.• The only way I made it through high school was by copying off my best friend.• And a lot of the stuff he and Jerry Lee Lewis did was copied off Pinetop and what we were doing.• Can you get the letter copied right away? I need 500 of them.• The company has been accused of copying software ideas from larger competitors.• Most of his answers had been copied straight from the student who sat next to him.• Copy the file onto a disk to save it.• Copy the files into a new folder.• She copied the poem from an old book of Grandma's in the attic.• Each artist was asked to copy the scene exactly as he or she saw it.• Children learn swearing from copying their parents and siblings.• I need to copy these phone numbers into my address book.• They were arrested for illegally copying video recordings.• Care needs to be taken with medical records and old original documents that do not copy well.• Any student caught copying will fail the test.• Can I copy your notes?

From Longman Business Dictionary

copycop·y1 /ˈkɒpiˈkɑːpi/ noun (plural copies)

1[countableC] one of many documents, books, magazines, computer software packages etc that are all exactly the same

We are offering a free copy of Windows98 with all new PCs.

The book sold 24,000 copies in the first three months.

→ advance copy → certified copy → office copy → proof copy

2[countableC] a letter, document etc that has been made to look exactly like another one, for example by being PHOTOCOPIED (=copied using a special machine called a photocopier)

Please send copies of all the relevant documents to me as soon as possible.

→ top copy

3[uncountableU] written material that is to be printed in a newspaper, magazine etc

Our closing date for copy for the next issue is February 14.

six pages of double-spaced copy

4[uncountableU]MARKETING the written part of an advertisement

“The business of fitness and good health is healthier than ever, ” or so says the advertising copy for the National Exhibition of Health & Leisure.

→ body copy → knocking copy

5[countableC]COMPUTING a computer program, CD etc that has been made by putting information or music from another one onto a disk. It is illegal to sell copies made in this way

selling pirated copies of computer games

6[countableC]COMPUTING a file, DIRECTORY etc in which you have put all the same information as is in another one

Before you run this software, you should make a copy of your autoexec.bat file.

→ back-up copy → hard copy

copycopy2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp copied) [transitiveT]

1to make a copy of a letter, document etc

Could you copy these letters before you send them out?

copy something to somebody

The letter was copied to the managing director.

2LAWto deliberately use an idea, design etc that legally belongs to someone else

They have issued a patent infringement lawsuit accusing their rivals of copying their design for a range of ready meals.

3COMPUTINGto illegally make a copy of a computer program, CD, etc

a new way to protect software from being copied

illegal software copying

4COMPUTINGto make a file, DIRECTORY, program etc that is exactly the same as another one so that you can use it if something happens to the original one

The best way to save an email is to copy it to a file.

You can copy, delete, or tag files in a matter of seconds.

Origin copy1

(1300-1400) Old French copie, from Latin copia; → COPIOUS

单词	copy
释义	copy Word family nouncopiercopyismcopyistcopybookcopycatcopyholdcopyholdercopyleftcopyreadercopyreadingcopyrightcopywritercopywritingcopyverbcopyreadadjectivecopyrightable Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing cop·y1 /ˈkɒpi $ ˈkɑːpi/ ●●● S1 W2 noun (plural copies) 1 [countableC]COPY something that is made to be exactly like another thing 复制件；副本 copy of She forwarded them a copy of her British passport. 她给他们寄去了她英国护照的复印件。 This chair is a copy of an original design. 这把椅子是原创设计的仿制品。 Be sure to make copies of all the documents. 一定要把所有文件都印好副本。 back-up copies of your files 你的文档的备份 2 [countableC]TCN one of many books, magazines, records etc that are all exactly the same 〔书、杂志、唱片等的〕一份，一册，一张 copy of We have six copies of the movie to give away. 这部电影我们有6份拷贝可以送出。 a copy of the local newspaper 一份当地报纸 The hardback costs £16.99 a copy. 精装本价格为16.99英镑一册。 The record sold a million copies. 该唱片售出了100万张。 Free copies are available on request. 免费册子承索即供。 3 [uncountableU]TCN technical something written in order to be printed in a newspaper, magazine, advertisement etc 〔写好后准备在报纸、杂志、广告等上刊印的〕原稿，稿件 Now that I’ve seen the finished copy, I’m delighted. 我看到了成稿后非常高兴。 4 good copy informalTCNNEWS interesting news 〔新闻报道的〕好材料，好题材 The interviews made good copy and helped with the film’s publicity. 这些采访内容精彩，有助于这部影片的推广。 Examples from the Corpus good copy• Even those students intending to make a good copy of their rough essay may plan their writing.• A good copy, painted by a twentieth-century court painter, but nevertheless a copy.• He told himself it was all good copy for his next novel.• For, if he used her as a model, she used him as good copy.• Insipid daft doesn't make good copy.• He wanted to make good copy for himself and his plays.• Once the original is lost, the best copy you can make is less good than it was before.• It may not be a very good copy of this, of this thing for your thing. → fair copy, hard copy, soft copy n COLLOCATIONS verbs be a copy of something The rug is a copy of a fine Chinese carpet. make a copy of something Make a copy of the letter before you send it. keep a copy of something (also retain a copy of something formal) Did you keep a copy of the email? send/receive a copy of something Could you send me a copy of the agreement? attach a copy of something (=in an email) I’m attaching a copy of the schedule. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + copy a good copy (=one that is very like the original) The painting is a good copy of the original. a close copy (=a good copy) It is a close copy of a bronze figure found in Iceland. a back-up copy (=made in case the original is lost) Be sure you regularly make back-up copies of your data. Examples from the Corpus copy• More than 85,000 copies of the magazine sold within three weeks.• I don't have my original birth certificate. Will you accept a copy?• Anyone wanting to buy a copy, only 100 were printed and of these twenty were sold on the day of publication.• The application was sent in June, and this is a copy.• The menu driven screen allows you to setup a copy session in seconds.• All copy must be on my desk by Monday morning.• a 19th century copy of the popular Rembrandt painting• For a free copy, call 555-9121.• Hilda Hewitt had copies of two posters run off on the Office photo-copier.• Connie left copies of the document on everybody's desk.• Most of them, however, had pulled copies of the Globe because the supermarket tabloid published copies of grisly crime-scene photographs.• During one marathon meeting that went on far into the night, some copies of documents had to be made.• The copies are then filed in date of arrival order. back-up copies• If back-up copies are permitted under any licence agreement, the number of back-up copies made should not exceed that agreed to.• Users of software should confirm that they may make back-up copies of any programs they have acquired.• Finally, make sure you regularly make back-up copies of your data.• The Act, as amended, makes specific provision for the making of back-up copies of computer programs.• The Act recognizes the possibility that back-up copies may have been made. Free copies• A companion brochure summaries Negretti Automation's full process control & weighing range. Free copies of both are available on request. copy2 ●●● S2 verb (copied, copying, copies) 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COPY to deliberately make or produce something that is exactly like another thing 复制，复印；拷贝；抄写 Could you copy this letter and send it out, please? 你能把这封信复印一份发出去吗？ To copy a file, press F3. 拷贝文件按F3键。 copy (something) from something a design copied from an 18th-century wallpaper 仿照18世纪一种墙纸的一个设计 The pupils just copy from textbooks and learn facts. 这些学生只是照搬课本，死记事实。 copy something into something He copied the number into his notebook (=wrote the same number there). 他把数字抄写在笔记本上。 2 [transitiveT]IMITATE to deliberately do something that someone else has done or behave like someone else 模仿，仿效 Children often copy what they see on television. 儿童常常模仿电视上看到的东西。 I found myself copying him and his mannerisms. 我发觉自己在模仿他以及他的言谈举止。 3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COPY to cheat in an examination, schoolwork etc by looking at someone else’s work and writing the same thing as they have 抄袭 copy from Jeremy had copied from the girl next to him. 杰里米抄袭过他邻座的女孩。 THESAURUS copy to deliberately make or produce something that is exactly like another thing 复制，仿制 You could copy the files onto a CD. 你可以把文件复制在一张光盘上。 Many people have tried to copy his paintings. 许多人试图复制他的画作。 photocopy to copy a piece of paper with writing or pictures on it, using a machine 复印 I’ll photocopy the letter and give it to you. 我把信复印后给你。 reproduce to print a copy of a picture or document, especially in a book or newspaper 〔尤在书或报纸中〕复制〔图片或文件〕 The image has been reproduced in many magazines and newspapers around the world. 这幅图片已被世界各地许多杂志和报纸复制援用。 forge to illegally copy something written or printed 伪造〔书面或印刷的东西〕 He forged my signature. 他伪造了我的签名。 forged £10 notes 10英镑假钞 pirate to illegally copy and sell something such as a book, DVD, or computer program 盗版；非法翻印 The survey suggests that 27% of software in the UK has been pirated. 调查显示,英国有27%的软件遭遇盗版。 PHRASAL VERBS 4 copy something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v to write something down exactly as it was said or written 抄下，抄写 I must have copied your number down wrong. 我一定是把你的电话号码抄错了。 Examples from the Corpus copy down• I copy it down here to help me go forward.• Benjamin borrowed a quill and a piece of parchment and copied the verse down, word for word. 5 copy somebody in phrasal verbphr v to send someone a copy of an email message you are sending to someone else 〔把发给别人的电子邮件〕抄送给〔某人〕 on Can you copy me in on the memo you’re sending to Chris? 你把发给克里斯的备忘录抄送一份给我好吗？ Examples from the Corpus copy in• If possible, duplicate and distribute copies well in advance of the tutorial.• If you make a copy of a file, the copy is identical in every way, except in name.• The page featured a photo of Joe looking over a piece of copy, cigarette in hand.• I put one copy of each in my scrapbook and sent one to my parents on Okinawa.• The beginner would be well advised to copy them out in open score with the necessary transpositions.• It was probably true that Herkomer had at least copied from photographs in the execution of some of his portrait commissions.• The first drugs attacked the copying enzyme in the hope that if the virus could not translate its information it would fail.• From the copy now in the possession of Mr. Tony Titford of West Horsley. 6 copy something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v COPYto write something again exactly as it is written in the document that you are looking at 抄写 The monks copied their manuscripts out by hand. 僧侣们用手抄写手稿。 Examples from the Corpus copy out• Get the notes typewritten using a new ribbon, or copy them out in black felt tip pen in large capital letters.• The document had become the classic of dissent for these young men, each copy painstakingly written out in longhand.• The beginner would be well advised to copy them out in open score with the necessary transpositions.• Some he would take home, copying them out most carefully before returning them in their leather cases to their proper places.• We've only five copies to give out, so don't hang about. 7 copy something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE to write something again in a better or neater form 抄写，誊写〔清楚〕 SYN write up It is important to copy up your notes soon after the lecture. 课后马上把笔记誊写清楚很重要。 Examples from the Corpus copy up• A stack of copies was piled up at the entrance to the Arts Lab.• Once the first draft is complete, a proof copy is sent up for checking.• But copying to catch up is what everyone has to do if they want to join the first world.• This means that the same man can enter copy, make up the page, and check it for errors.• Cast off a calculation determining how much space copy will take up when typeset. Examples from the Corpus copy• Copy all the files onto disk.• Martin often claimed he copied Bing Crosby's singing style, but there was much more to his music than that.• Instead of copying coats of arms, she drew and painted freehand.• She was expelled for handing in an essay that she had copied directly from a newspaper article.• Several honors students were caught copying each other's answers.• The drawings had been copied from photographs.• In retrospect he criticized one of his old drawing masters for encouraging students to copy from photographs.• He began playing the guitar at age 7, copying his older brother Jimmie.• If I see anyone copying I'll send you straight to the principal's office.• The only way I made it through high school was by copying off my best friend.• And a lot of the stuff he and Jerry Lee Lewis did was copied off Pinetop and what we were doing.• Can you get the letter copied right away? I need 500 of them.• The company has been accused of copying software ideas from larger competitors.• Most of his answers had been copied straight from the student who sat next to him.• Copy the file onto a disk to save it.• Copy the files into a new folder.• She copied the poem from an old book of Grandma's in the attic.• Each artist was asked to copy the scene exactly as he or she saw it.• Children learn swearing from copying their parents and siblings.• I need to copy these phone numbers into my address book.• They were arrested for illegally copying video recordings.• Care needs to be taken with medical records and old original documents that do not copy well.• Any student caught copying will fail the test.• Can I copy your notes? From Longman Business Dictionary copycop·y1 /ˈkɒpiˈkɑːpi/ noun (plural copies) 1[countableC] one of many documents, books, magazines, computer software packages etc that are all exactly the same We are offering a free copy of Windows98 with all new PCs. The book sold 24,000 copies in the first three months. → advance copy → certified copy → office copy → proof copy 2[countableC] a letter, document etc that has been made to look exactly like another one, for example by being PHOTOCOPIED (=copied using a special machine called a photocopier) Please send copies of all the relevant documents to me as soon as possible. → top copy 3[uncountableU] written material that is to be printed in a newspaper, magazine etc Our closing date for copy for the next issue is February 14. six pages of double-spaced copy 4[uncountableU]MARKETING the written part of an advertisement “The business of fitness and good health is healthier than ever, ” or so says the advertising copy for the National Exhibition of Health & Leisure. → body copy → knocking copy 5[countableC]COMPUTING a computer program, CD etc that has been made by putting information or music from another one onto a disk. It is illegal to sell copies made in this way selling pirated copies of computer games 6[countableC]COMPUTING a file, DIRECTORY etc in which you have put all the same information as is in another one Before you run this software, you should make a copy of your autoexec.bat file. → back-up copy → hard copy copycopy2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp copied) [transitiveT] 1to make a copy of a letter, document etc Could you copy these letters before you send them out? copy something to somebody The letter was copied to the managing director. 2LAWto deliberately use an idea, design etc that legally belongs to someone else They have issued a patent infringement lawsuit accusing their rivals of copying their design for a range of ready meals. 3COMPUTINGto illegally make a copy of a computer program, CD, etc a new way to protect software from being copied illegal software copying 4COMPUTINGto make a file, DIRECTORY, program etc that is exactly the same as another one so that you can use it if something happens to the original one The best way to save an email is to copy it to a file. You can copy, delete, or tag files in a matter of seconds. Origin copy1 (1300-1400) Old French copie, from Latin copia; → COPIOUS
随便看	resolve (something) into something resolve sth into sth resolving resolvings resonance resonances resonant resonantly resonant with resonant with something resonant with sth resonate resonated resonates resonate with resonate with something resonate with sth resonating resonation resonator resonators resort resorted resorter resorting