Definition of imprint in English:

imprint

verb ɪmˈprɪntɪmˈprɪnt

1with object Impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface.
盖（印），压（印）
tyre marks were imprinted in the snow
雪地上压有轮胎痕迹。
Example sentencesExamples
- His shoulder was bleeding heavily from the teeth marks that had been imprinted in his skin.
- His slippers were imprinted with his toes and heels.
- There were many old horse prints and wagon tracks imprinted in the packed snow, but what concerned Kalif were the many footprints, fresh footprints, that littered the newly-fallen powder.
- But, as she shuffled her feet in the leaves, her sharp gray eyes caught sight of something imprinted in the frozen ground.
- Medals will be imprinted with the F - 117 Nighthawk, this year's featured aircraft.
- For one thing, the mud is imprinted with wavy bumps, or corrugations, the marks left by the water at high tide.
- They wore chain-mail armor, complete with steel knee guards and spears, and on their heads, they wore helmets imprinted with a foreign symbol I had never seen before.
- The ammunition lot number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the outside of the right tuck flap of the 50-round box.
- The spiky heals were imprinted in the ground and the toe part was facing Ginger.
- Worse, though, is the danger posed by the wheel-tracks left imprinted in the wet sand.
- Now she trod upon the dirt, imprinting her mark into the damp mud and fragments of brown snow, snow which all too often enticed her forwards into false light.
- The easiest way to stamp concrete is to imprint texture only.
- Inside the brood nest and each super box are 9 or 10 frames for comb-containing foundation, thin sheets of beeswax or plastic that are imprinted with a honeycomb pattern.
- He told the jury the bloodstained footprints found in the hall had a distinctive zig-zag pattern that was also found imprinted in soft soil where the killer escaped through the back garden.
- The outline of my hand is imprinted in red on her face.
- The surface is unevenly imprinted with finger marks, and it has sprouted a pair of copper hoops.
- The curious creatures wander into the tunnel and leave their footmarks imprinted in the clay, alerting staff to their presence.
- The wax on the envelope was imprinted with the unmistakable Papal Seal.
- Daniels invented concrete stamps that can imprint curving border patterns in concrete.
- Decorated in a traditional Tuscan style, several of the inner walls and ceilings are frescoed in pastoral scenes, and imprinted in the stone fireplace is a hand-carved rendition of the Last Supper.
Synonyms
stamp, punch, print, impress, mark, engrave, deboss, etch
emboss
1. 1.1 Make an impression or mark on.
  在…上印下
  clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams
  印有体育队标识的衣服。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They were imprinted with pictures of little penguins.
  Many of the firefighters at the June 8 rally wore bright yellow t-shirts that were imprinted with ‘Firefighters for Fair Play.’
  What if each one were imprinted with the name of a member who had passed away the year before?
  It was covered with a green comforter and it was imprinted with daisies of a darker shade of green.
  From coffins emblazoned with the Rangers crest, to maroon Hearts prams, to toilet rolls and cigarettes imprinted with club logos, clubs are having to turn down dozens of products as companies try to cash in on the loyalty of football fans.
  Two phrases - ‘Made in USA’ and ‘The user assumes responsibility for injury resulting from negligence’ were imprinted in the plastic.
  She appears as jewellery and figurines, dishes are dried with tea-towels imprinted with her portrait, there are Diana sculptures, lingerie and ribbons and her name grows in rose gardens.
  The invitation came in a bottle with a wrapper on which was imprinted in bold letters: ‘Poison’.
  These cards can be stowed in small maroon folders courtesy of American Girl Place, imprinted with the phrase ‘Pocket full of wishes.’
  The shroud is imprinted with the image of a naked man who bears the marks of whipping and crucifixion.
  Two men from Cleveland have been charged with illegally selling T-shirts imprinted with the Iowa State University logo.
  Again, the priests didn't believe him, but when he showed them the roses, they all saw that his blanket had been imprinted with the image of Guadalupe.
  Others got tattooed in their youth and later regretted being imprinted with a flaming death head or a Flying V guitar.
  Tablets, which typically contain from 50-150 mg. of active drug, are usually imprinted with a popular icon such as the Nike swoosh or Motorola symbol.
  Some are imprinted with candy-colored portraits of Che Guevara rendered in a 1960's, retro Cuban poster style.
  The only difference in the AMP elevator was that the letters ‘AMP’ were imprinted in a repeating pattern across the top of the rail on the inside.
  The event started in the Orchard Room with tea and biscuits, each imprinted with the Prince's crest, and was followed by a tour of the house's magnificent gardens - slightly dampened by a two hour downpour.
  He was so bold as to have his business card imprinted with the single modifier ‘Expert.’
  The original hybrid, Clematis ‘Jackmanii’, is still incredibly popular after almost 150 years, with its lovely deep purple flowers imprinted with a cross.
  Depending on quantity ordered, these goggles can be imprinted with the command logo or name free of charge.
2. 1.2 Fix (an idea) firmly in someone's mind.
  〈喻〉铭刻，使（某人）牢记（想法）
  he'd always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind
  他心里总铭刻着那可怕的形象。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The words were still imprinted in my brain, something I always believed I could forget but never could.
  Those sights and sounds that were imprinted in me as a child began to surface.
  Others have acknowledged that the Ulster experience is indelibly imprinted in the artist's psyche.
  The image of her gliding effortlessly towards us in slow motion will forever be imprinted in my memory.
  They hope to make their extraordinary acts of romantic courtship a moment indelibly imprinted on the minds of their lovers.
  For me, that detour came more than 20 years ago - and the date, Jan. 5, 1982, is imprinted permanently in my mind.
  Since this was our only formal meeting, the event is indelibly imprinted in my memory.
  I'm sure that that number is indelibly imprinted in his brain.
  Only constant repetition will succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of a crowd.
  Henceforth an image of revolutionary upheaval would be deeply imprinted on France's collective memory.
  Her image was imprinted very clearly in his mind.
  Every battle he had ever entered was forever imprinted in his mind.
  The Dante he recited in Auschwitz was imprinted in his memory during his schooldays in Turin.
  The layout of the maze was imprinted in my head and I knew if I needed to, that could be used to my advantage.
  However, the image was clearly imprinted inside his mind.
  Now that I'm a parent, I have to confront the fact that what I do not hide from my daughter in her first few years will imprint itself on her mind in unpredictable ways.
  The picture of the murder scene was firmly imprinted in her mind.
  The contrast between his eyes, in which all hope has been extinguished, and those of his captors, who looked like their next stop would be a movie or a coffee, is imprinted in my memory.
  I just want him to have the same image imprinted in his memory that I have in mine.
  Synonyms
  fix, establish, stick, lodge, implant, embed
  stamp, impress, etch, engrave, print
2imprint onZoology
no object (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust.
〔动〕（幼兽）认（其他动物、人或物）为父母或依赖对象
the bird thought I was its mother and imprinted on me
goslings will imprint themselves on inanimate objects such as a cardboard box
Example sentencesExamples
- Biologists are now trying to get birds to imprint on boats and airplanes, so they can be taught to migrate.
- Once the chick has imprinted on the initial object, hopefully the mother, it will no longer imprint on other objects.
- In contrast to cuckoos, both male and female indigobirds imprint on their hosts.
- All the geese had been hatched under human watch and encouraged to imprint on the French trainer in a yellow vest.
- In the next generation, her daughter (a bird that was not knowingly observed in the field) is genetically an indigobird but imprints on her Melba Finch foster parents and learns their songs.

noun ˈɪmprɪntˈɪmprɪnt

1A mark or outline made by pressing something on to a softer substance.
印记，印痕
he made imprints of the keys in bars of soap
他在肥皂上留下钥匙的印痕。
Example sentencesExamples
- One arm clutched her towel while the other held her clothes bundled together at her side, the soft steps of her feet leaving damp imprints on the brown carpet.
- But last year an imprint of his address was scientifically detected on one of the envelopes and he was finally caught.
- A red imprint marked my waist where my stockings' elastic had pressed.
- There are tread marks leading up to where the imprints are, so I follow them.
- Daniel examined the seal, not at all surprised to see the faint imprint of the historian's mark in the wax.
- Biting his earlobe as had little effect, other than the imprint of the teeth on his skin.
- Alice discovers the remarkable detail that these imprints reveal about the people and about the strange prehistoric animals that were living on the coast 5,000 years ago.
- When you think about forensic evidence, you probably imagine detectives looking for droplets of blood, traces of fingerprints or imprints of shoes.
- There were recent skid marks beneath the snow and frozen tire imprints in the ice, which coincided with the man's story.
- Their webbed feet made small imprints on the sand.
- More bruises covered her thighs, in the shape of fingers and whole hands, perfect imprints on her once-perfect skin.
- His feet had already left deep imprints in the thick red carpet and the suit collar was driving him to distraction.
- She's leaning there, supported by the banister, swaying slightly, keys clutched leaving imprints in her right hand.
- His grey polyester slacks have white diamond shape imprints from leaning against the dusty fence.
- An imprint in the dirt and scuff marks on her boots proved this, and they said the boots had helped her cling to the fence.
- Still flushed with anger, I rose from the bench, placing my hands flat against the table and so hard that I was sure I was leaving imprints on the wooden surface.
- There was an imprint in the dirt there, as if someone had been sleeping there for years.
- Charlie followed the shallow imprints in the ground, until the tracks came to a flat rock.
- I could feel her nails leaving imprints on my palm.
- Traditional seals derive their authenticity from the imprint of the sealer; the challenge for electronic commerce is to devise a similar system to validate digital information.
Synonyms
impression, print, mark, indentation
1. 1.1 A lasting effect.
  〈喻〉深刻的印象；长期的影响
  years in the colonies had left their imprint
  在殖民地的岁月留给他们深刻的印象。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The floodgates of knowledge unlocked in Muslim Spain left their lasting imprints on every conceivable domain of the Western society.
  It will take some years for the Government to address apartheid's imprint of geographic, institutional and social separation.
  The time I spent with James has left an indelible imprint on my mind.
  His poetics of protest that projects the writer as a revolutionary bears the unmistakable imprint of Marxist thought.
  The country will forever be poorer without Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, but their imprint is so strong that we can follow the path of their leadership, even when they've moved on.
  His imprint on us can emerge and shine brightly for all to see.
  But wind farms leave imprints on the environment, too, says the University of Calgary professor.
  The bicycle is an interesting example of a technology, which in its popularity last century began to affect the architecture of the landscape, before the automobile left its indelible imprint.
  They believe that the imprint of God's creative genius is upon every human being.
  His spell at Cambridge left an indelible imprint on the young Howard.
  The imprints of these influences will not all be equally visible in adulthood and hence may be overlooked by studies that have information about individuals only in middle and old age.
  They can either follow the president's lead or seek to put their imprint on presidential policies.
  As he points out, imagination is not just the passive faculty that retains the imprint left by sensation.
  However, all stages left their indelible imprints in the vast reservoir of human knowledge and each stage was symbiotically linked to the other, in the sense that each left valuable resources for the next.
  When this is compounded over time, the effect is a lasting imprint in the mind of the child - so much so that the child carries the experience with them into their adult life with disastrous results.
  We carry the imprint of this experience for life, even into our dying.
  The area long ago began to be gentrified, but it still bears the imprint of its recent history in somewhat lower house prices than the adjacent suburb of Nightcliff proper.
  I know teachers with the extraordinary power to make a lasting imprint on a young child's life.
  Even more significant were the indelible imprints left on an emboldened and much mightier financial sector.
  Each will leave a unique and lasting imprint on the historically Black institutions they've headed.
  Synonyms
  impact, lasting effect, influence, impression
2A printer's or publisher's name, address, and other details in a book or other publication.
出版事项
Example sentencesExamples
- One day, quite by chance, I happened to look at the imprint of my copy and noticed it was a First Edition.
- So English and Canadian readers will get books that are identical except for the imprint and copyright pages.
- These title pages generally provide the title of the play, the name of the dramatist, and the printer's device and imprint.
- Rather like looking at introductions and conclusions, and imprints, and bibliographies, and so on… I'd be very suspicious of any piece of info which appeared to exist in a vacuum.
1. 2.1 A brand name under which books are published, typically the name of a former publishing house that is now part of a larger group.
  出版社名（尤指现为出版集团成员的原出版社）
  the group will continue to market its products through its established imprints
  Example sentencesExamples
  Major publishing houses responded to this trend by establishing imprints, such as DC's Vertigo, that publishes comics aimed at a mature audience.
  The problem with today's publishing is that behind all the imprints we see on spines, most books are the product of just four multinational media conglomerates.
  The new name to watch in Scottish publishing is Birlinn, which has been busy buying up imprints (notably Polygon) and is clearly intent on making its own mark as a publishing house of national importance.
  To redress this balance, an Oxford-based publishing firm has launched Transita, a new imprint devoted exclusively to books by and about older women.
  It was published by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press
  Random House trade imprints now publish lead titles as print books and e-books simultaneously.
  His new book with M.F. Husain, Kerala: God's Own Country, has just been published by Books Today, an imprint of India Today.
  For example, Donna Hill is the lead author for Kensington Publishing's Dafina, a new imprint for romance novels.
  Publishers Time-Warner, Random House, and HarperCollins all have religious imprints.
  And, most significant of all, he tells us that ‘several major imprints are struggling.'
  It is published by Highdown, an imprint of Raceform Ltd, Compton, Newbury and is priced at £17.99stg.
  Despite the good news, some authors worry about the message they are sending by publishing under imprints aimed at specific communities.
  So I have what is known as an imprint, it's an arm of a publishing house.
  And in a very imaginative marketing ploy, it was published simultaneously in both adult and children's imprints.
  [She's] working on two books to be published by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
  The publication in Paris was by a bookseller, Sylvia Beach, under the imprint Shakespeare & Co, who had no experience of publishing at all, let alone so substantial and complex a work.
  Even if they're no longer independent companies, they still exist as imprints.
  Penguin imprints include Michael Joseph, Allen Lane, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, and a good few more.
  She has also had books published under the Kensington and St. Martin's paperback imprints.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- 'into' + premere 'to press'.

Rhymes

asquint, bint, clint, dint, flint, glint, hint, lint, mint, misprint, print, quint, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint

Definition of imprint in US English:

imprint

verbimˈprintɪmˈprɪnt

1with object Impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface or body.
盖（印），压（印）
tire marks were imprinted in the snow
雪地上压有轮胎痕迹。
Example sentencesExamples
- The outline of my hand is imprinted in red on her face.
- But, as she shuffled her feet in the leaves, her sharp gray eyes caught sight of something imprinted in the frozen ground.
- His shoulder was bleeding heavily from the teeth marks that had been imprinted in his skin.
- The wax on the envelope was imprinted with the unmistakable Papal Seal.
- The easiest way to stamp concrete is to imprint texture only.
- Decorated in a traditional Tuscan style, several of the inner walls and ceilings are frescoed in pastoral scenes, and imprinted in the stone fireplace is a hand-carved rendition of the Last Supper.
- The ammunition lot number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the outside of the right tuck flap of the 50-round box.
- Medals will be imprinted with the F - 117 Nighthawk, this year's featured aircraft.
- They wore chain-mail armor, complete with steel knee guards and spears, and on their heads, they wore helmets imprinted with a foreign symbol I had never seen before.
- The curious creatures wander into the tunnel and leave their footmarks imprinted in the clay, alerting staff to their presence.
- The surface is unevenly imprinted with finger marks, and it has sprouted a pair of copper hoops.
- Now she trod upon the dirt, imprinting her mark into the damp mud and fragments of brown snow, snow which all too often enticed her forwards into false light.
- Inside the brood nest and each super box are 9 or 10 frames for comb-containing foundation, thin sheets of beeswax or plastic that are imprinted with a honeycomb pattern.
- The spiky heals were imprinted in the ground and the toe part was facing Ginger.
- Daniels invented concrete stamps that can imprint curving border patterns in concrete.
- He told the jury the bloodstained footprints found in the hall had a distinctive zig-zag pattern that was also found imprinted in soft soil where the killer escaped through the back garden.
- Worse, though, is the danger posed by the wheel-tracks left imprinted in the wet sand.
- There were many old horse prints and wagon tracks imprinted in the packed snow, but what concerned Kalif were the many footprints, fresh footprints, that littered the newly-fallen powder.
- For one thing, the mud is imprinted with wavy bumps, or corrugations, the marks left by the water at high tide.
- His slippers were imprinted with his toes and heels.
Synonyms
stamp, punch, print, impress, mark, engrave, deboss, etch
1. 1.1 Make an impression or mark on (something)
  在…上印下
  clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams
  印有体育队标识的衣服。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tablets, which typically contain from 50-150 mg. of active drug, are usually imprinted with a popular icon such as the Nike swoosh or Motorola symbol.
  He was so bold as to have his business card imprinted with the single modifier ‘Expert.’
  The invitation came in a bottle with a wrapper on which was imprinted in bold letters: ‘Poison’.
  From coffins emblazoned with the Rangers crest, to maroon Hearts prams, to toilet rolls and cigarettes imprinted with club logos, clubs are having to turn down dozens of products as companies try to cash in on the loyalty of football fans.
  It was covered with a green comforter and it was imprinted with daisies of a darker shade of green.
  Some are imprinted with candy-colored portraits of Che Guevara rendered in a 1960's, retro Cuban poster style.
  Depending on quantity ordered, these goggles can be imprinted with the command logo or name free of charge.
  Two men from Cleveland have been charged with illegally selling T-shirts imprinted with the Iowa State University logo.
  She appears as jewellery and figurines, dishes are dried with tea-towels imprinted with her portrait, there are Diana sculptures, lingerie and ribbons and her name grows in rose gardens.
  Again, the priests didn't believe him, but when he showed them the roses, they all saw that his blanket had been imprinted with the image of Guadalupe.
  The event started in the Orchard Room with tea and biscuits, each imprinted with the Prince's crest, and was followed by a tour of the house's magnificent gardens - slightly dampened by a two hour downpour.
  Two phrases - ‘Made in USA’ and ‘The user assumes responsibility for injury resulting from negligence’ were imprinted in the plastic.
  The shroud is imprinted with the image of a naked man who bears the marks of whipping and crucifixion.
  They were imprinted with pictures of little penguins.
  These cards can be stowed in small maroon folders courtesy of American Girl Place, imprinted with the phrase ‘Pocket full of wishes.’
  Others got tattooed in their youth and later regretted being imprinted with a flaming death head or a Flying V guitar.
  Many of the firefighters at the June 8 rally wore bright yellow t-shirts that were imprinted with ‘Firefighters for Fair Play.’
  What if each one were imprinted with the name of a member who had passed away the year before?
  The only difference in the AMP elevator was that the letters ‘AMP’ were imprinted in a repeating pattern across the top of the rail on the inside.
  The original hybrid, Clematis ‘Jackmanii’, is still incredibly popular after almost 150 years, with its lovely deep purple flowers imprinted with a cross.
2. 1.2 Fix (an idea) firmly in someone's mind.
  〈喻〉铭刻，使（某人）牢记（想法）
  he would always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind
  他心里总铭刻着那可怕的形象。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now that I'm a parent, I have to confront the fact that what I do not hide from my daughter in her first few years will imprint itself on her mind in unpredictable ways.
  Henceforth an image of revolutionary upheaval would be deeply imprinted on France's collective memory.
  Others have acknowledged that the Ulster experience is indelibly imprinted in the artist's psyche.
  The image of her gliding effortlessly towards us in slow motion will forever be imprinted in my memory.
  The contrast between his eyes, in which all hope has been extinguished, and those of his captors, who looked like their next stop would be a movie or a coffee, is imprinted in my memory.
  For me, that detour came more than 20 years ago - and the date, Jan. 5, 1982, is imprinted permanently in my mind.
  However, the image was clearly imprinted inside his mind.
  Only constant repetition will succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of a crowd.
  Those sights and sounds that were imprinted in me as a child began to surface.
  I just want him to have the same image imprinted in his memory that I have in mine.
  The words were still imprinted in my brain, something I always believed I could forget but never could.
  They hope to make their extraordinary acts of romantic courtship a moment indelibly imprinted on the minds of their lovers.
  The Dante he recited in Auschwitz was imprinted in his memory during his schooldays in Turin.
  Her image was imprinted very clearly in his mind.
  I'm sure that that number is indelibly imprinted in his brain.
  The layout of the maze was imprinted in my head and I knew if I needed to, that could be used to my advantage.
  The picture of the murder scene was firmly imprinted in her mind.
  Every battle he had ever entered was forever imprinted in his mind.
  Since this was our only formal meeting, the event is indelibly imprinted in my memory.
  Synonyms
  fix, establish, stick, lodge, implant, embed
2imprint onZoology
no object (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust.
〔动〕（幼兽）认（其他动物、人或物）为父母或依赖对象
Example sentencesExamples
- Biologists are now trying to get birds to imprint on boats and airplanes, so they can be taught to migrate.
- Once the chick has imprinted on the initial object, hopefully the mother, it will no longer imprint on other objects.
- All the geese had been hatched under human watch and encouraged to imprint on the French trainer in a yellow vest.
- In contrast to cuckoos, both male and female indigobirds imprint on their hosts.
- In the next generation, her daughter (a bird that was not knowingly observed in the field) is genetically an indigobird but imprints on her Melba Finch foster parents and learns their songs.

nounˈimprintˈɪmprɪnt

1A mark made by pressing something onto a softer substance so that its outline is reproduced.
印记，印痕
he made imprints of the keys in bars of soap
他在肥皂上留下钥匙的印痕。
Example sentencesExamples
- A red imprint marked my waist where my stockings' elastic had pressed.
- Biting his earlobe as had little effect, other than the imprint of the teeth on his skin.
- When you think about forensic evidence, you probably imagine detectives looking for droplets of blood, traces of fingerprints or imprints of shoes.
- His grey polyester slacks have white diamond shape imprints from leaning against the dusty fence.
- One arm clutched her towel while the other held her clothes bundled together at her side, the soft steps of her feet leaving damp imprints on the brown carpet.
- But last year an imprint of his address was scientifically detected on one of the envelopes and he was finally caught.
- There are tread marks leading up to where the imprints are, so I follow them.
- Daniel examined the seal, not at all surprised to see the faint imprint of the historian's mark in the wax.
- More bruises covered her thighs, in the shape of fingers and whole hands, perfect imprints on her once-perfect skin.
- I could feel her nails leaving imprints on my palm.
- His feet had already left deep imprints in the thick red carpet and the suit collar was driving him to distraction.
- She's leaning there, supported by the banister, swaying slightly, keys clutched leaving imprints in her right hand.
- There were recent skid marks beneath the snow and frozen tire imprints in the ice, which coincided with the man's story.
- An imprint in the dirt and scuff marks on her boots proved this, and they said the boots had helped her cling to the fence.
- Traditional seals derive their authenticity from the imprint of the sealer; the challenge for electronic commerce is to devise a similar system to validate digital information.
- Charlie followed the shallow imprints in the ground, until the tracks came to a flat rock.
- Still flushed with anger, I rose from the bench, placing my hands flat against the table and so hard that I was sure I was leaving imprints on the wooden surface.
- Alice discovers the remarkable detail that these imprints reveal about the people and about the strange prehistoric animals that were living on the coast 5,000 years ago.
- Their webbed feet made small imprints on the sand.
- There was an imprint in the dirt there, as if someone had been sleeping there for years.
Synonyms
impression, print, mark, indentation
1. 1.1 A lasting impression or effect.
  〈喻〉深刻的印象；长期的影响
  years in the colonies had left their imprint
  在殖民地的岁月留给他们深刻的印象。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When this is compounded over time, the effect is a lasting imprint in the mind of the child - so much so that the child carries the experience with them into their adult life with disastrous results.
  They believe that the imprint of God's creative genius is upon every human being.
  It will take some years for the Government to address apartheid's imprint of geographic, institutional and social separation.
  They can either follow the president's lead or seek to put their imprint on presidential policies.
  His poetics of protest that projects the writer as a revolutionary bears the unmistakable imprint of Marxist thought.
  However, all stages left their indelible imprints in the vast reservoir of human knowledge and each stage was symbiotically linked to the other, in the sense that each left valuable resources for the next.
  His spell at Cambridge left an indelible imprint on the young Howard.
  The bicycle is an interesting example of a technology, which in its popularity last century began to affect the architecture of the landscape, before the automobile left its indelible imprint.
  But wind farms leave imprints on the environment, too, says the University of Calgary professor.
  The area long ago began to be gentrified, but it still bears the imprint of its recent history in somewhat lower house prices than the adjacent suburb of Nightcliff proper.
  His imprint on us can emerge and shine brightly for all to see.
  Even more significant were the indelible imprints left on an emboldened and much mightier financial sector.
  Each will leave a unique and lasting imprint on the historically Black institutions they've headed.
  The imprints of these influences will not all be equally visible in adulthood and hence may be overlooked by studies that have information about individuals only in middle and old age.
  The floodgates of knowledge unlocked in Muslim Spain left their lasting imprints on every conceivable domain of the Western society.
  The country will forever be poorer without Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, but their imprint is so strong that we can follow the path of their leadership, even when they've moved on.
  We carry the imprint of this experience for life, even into our dying.
  As he points out, imagination is not just the passive faculty that retains the imprint left by sensation.
  I know teachers with the extraordinary power to make a lasting imprint on a young child's life.
  The time I spent with James has left an indelible imprint on my mind.
  Synonyms
  impact, lasting effect, influence, impression
2A printer's or publisher's name, address, and other details in a book or other printed item.
出版事项
Example sentencesExamples
- These title pages generally provide the title of the play, the name of the dramatist, and the printer's device and imprint.
- Rather like looking at introductions and conclusions, and imprints, and bibliographies, and so on… I'd be very suspicious of any piece of info which appeared to exist in a vacuum.
- So English and Canadian readers will get books that are identical except for the imprint and copyright pages.
- One day, quite by chance, I happened to look at the imprint of my copy and noticed it was a First Edition.
1. 2.1 A brand name under which books are published, typically the name of a former publishing house that is now part of a larger group.
  出版社名（尤指现为出版集团成员的原出版社）
  Example sentencesExamples
  His new book with M.F. Husain, Kerala: God's Own Country, has just been published by Books Today, an imprint of India Today.
  Major publishing houses responded to this trend by establishing imprints, such as DC's Vertigo, that publishes comics aimed at a mature audience.
  It is published by Highdown, an imprint of Raceform Ltd, Compton, Newbury and is priced at £17.99stg.
  The problem with today's publishing is that behind all the imprints we see on spines, most books are the product of just four multinational media conglomerates.
  She has also had books published under the Kensington and St. Martin's paperback imprints.
  The new name to watch in Scottish publishing is Birlinn, which has been busy buying up imprints (notably Polygon) and is clearly intent on making its own mark as a publishing house of national importance.
  For example, Donna Hill is the lead author for Kensington Publishing's Dafina, a new imprint for romance novels.
  Even if they're no longer independent companies, they still exist as imprints.
  To redress this balance, an Oxford-based publishing firm has launched Transita, a new imprint devoted exclusively to books by and about older women.
  Random House trade imprints now publish lead titles as print books and e-books simultaneously.
  And in a very imaginative marketing ploy, it was published simultaneously in both adult and children's imprints.
  [She's] working on two books to be published by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
  And, most significant of all, he tells us that ‘several major imprints are struggling.'
  Penguin imprints include Michael Joseph, Allen Lane, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, and a good few more.
  Publishers Time-Warner, Random House, and HarperCollins all have religious imprints.
  So I have what is known as an imprint, it's an arm of a publishing house.
  It was published by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press
  The publication in Paris was by a bookseller, Sylvia Beach, under the imprint Shakespeare & Co, who had no experience of publishing at all, let alone so substantial and complex a work.
  Despite the good news, some authors worry about the message they are sending by publishing under imprints aimed at specific communities.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.

单词	imprint
释义	Definition of imprint in English: imprint verb ɪmˈprɪntɪmˈprɪnt 1with object Impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface. 盖（印），压（印） tyre marks were imprinted in the snow 雪地上压有轮胎痕迹。 Example sentencesExamples His shoulder was bleeding heavily from the teeth marks that had been imprinted in his skin. His slippers were imprinted with his toes and heels. There were many old horse prints and wagon tracks imprinted in the packed snow, but what concerned Kalif were the many footprints, fresh footprints, that littered the newly-fallen powder. But, as she shuffled her feet in the leaves, her sharp gray eyes caught sight of something imprinted in the frozen ground. Medals will be imprinted with the F - 117 Nighthawk, this year's featured aircraft. For one thing, the mud is imprinted with wavy bumps, or corrugations, the marks left by the water at high tide. They wore chain-mail armor, complete with steel knee guards and spears, and on their heads, they wore helmets imprinted with a foreign symbol I had never seen before. The ammunition lot number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the outside of the right tuck flap of the 50-round box. The spiky heals were imprinted in the ground and the toe part was facing Ginger. Worse, though, is the danger posed by the wheel-tracks left imprinted in the wet sand. Now she trod upon the dirt, imprinting her mark into the damp mud and fragments of brown snow, snow which all too often enticed her forwards into false light. The easiest way to stamp concrete is to imprint texture only. Inside the brood nest and each super box are 9 or 10 frames for comb-containing foundation, thin sheets of beeswax or plastic that are imprinted with a honeycomb pattern. He told the jury the bloodstained footprints found in the hall had a distinctive zig-zag pattern that was also found imprinted in soft soil where the killer escaped through the back garden. The outline of my hand is imprinted in red on her face. The surface is unevenly imprinted with finger marks, and it has sprouted a pair of copper hoops. The curious creatures wander into the tunnel and leave their footmarks imprinted in the clay, alerting staff to their presence. The wax on the envelope was imprinted with the unmistakable Papal Seal. Daniels invented concrete stamps that can imprint curving border patterns in concrete. Decorated in a traditional Tuscan style, several of the inner walls and ceilings are frescoed in pastoral scenes, and imprinted in the stone fireplace is a hand-carved rendition of the Last Supper. Synonyms stamp, punch, print, impress, mark, engrave, deboss, etch emboss 1.1 Make an impression or mark on. 在…上印下 clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams 印有体育队标识的衣服。 Example sentencesExamples They were imprinted with pictures of little penguins. Many of the firefighters at the June 8 rally wore bright yellow t-shirts that were imprinted with ‘Firefighters for Fair Play.’ What if each one were imprinted with the name of a member who had passed away the year before? It was covered with a green comforter and it was imprinted with daisies of a darker shade of green. From coffins emblazoned with the Rangers crest, to maroon Hearts prams, to toilet rolls and cigarettes imprinted with club logos, clubs are having to turn down dozens of products as companies try to cash in on the loyalty of football fans. Two phrases - ‘Made in USA’ and ‘The user assumes responsibility for injury resulting from negligence’ were imprinted in the plastic. She appears as jewellery and figurines, dishes are dried with tea-towels imprinted with her portrait, there are Diana sculptures, lingerie and ribbons and her name grows in rose gardens. The invitation came in a bottle with a wrapper on which was imprinted in bold letters: ‘Poison’. These cards can be stowed in small maroon folders courtesy of American Girl Place, imprinted with the phrase ‘Pocket full of wishes.’ The shroud is imprinted with the image of a naked man who bears the marks of whipping and crucifixion. Two men from Cleveland have been charged with illegally selling T-shirts imprinted with the Iowa State University logo. Again, the priests didn't believe him, but when he showed them the roses, they all saw that his blanket had been imprinted with the image of Guadalupe. Others got tattooed in their youth and later regretted being imprinted with a flaming death head or a Flying V guitar. Tablets, which typically contain from 50-150 mg. of active drug, are usually imprinted with a popular icon such as the Nike swoosh or Motorola symbol. Some are imprinted with candy-colored portraits of Che Guevara rendered in a 1960's, retro Cuban poster style. The only difference in the AMP elevator was that the letters ‘AMP’ were imprinted in a repeating pattern across the top of the rail on the inside. The event started in the Orchard Room with tea and biscuits, each imprinted with the Prince's crest, and was followed by a tour of the house's magnificent gardens - slightly dampened by a two hour downpour. He was so bold as to have his business card imprinted with the single modifier ‘Expert.’ The original hybrid, Clematis ‘Jackmanii’, is still incredibly popular after almost 150 years, with its lovely deep purple flowers imprinted with a cross. Depending on quantity ordered, these goggles can be imprinted with the command logo or name free of charge. 1.2 Fix (an idea) firmly in someone's mind. 〈喻〉铭刻，使（某人）牢记（想法） he'd always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind 他心里总铭刻着那可怕的形象。 Example sentencesExamples The words were still imprinted in my brain, something I always believed I could forget but never could. Those sights and sounds that were imprinted in me as a child began to surface. Others have acknowledged that the Ulster experience is indelibly imprinted in the artist's psyche. The image of her gliding effortlessly towards us in slow motion will forever be imprinted in my memory. They hope to make their extraordinary acts of romantic courtship a moment indelibly imprinted on the minds of their lovers. For me, that detour came more than 20 years ago - and the date, Jan. 5, 1982, is imprinted permanently in my mind. Since this was our only formal meeting, the event is indelibly imprinted in my memory. I'm sure that that number is indelibly imprinted in his brain. Only constant repetition will succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of a crowd. Henceforth an image of revolutionary upheaval would be deeply imprinted on France's collective memory. Her image was imprinted very clearly in his mind. Every battle he had ever entered was forever imprinted in his mind. The Dante he recited in Auschwitz was imprinted in his memory during his schooldays in Turin. The layout of the maze was imprinted in my head and I knew if I needed to, that could be used to my advantage. However, the image was clearly imprinted inside his mind. Now that I'm a parent, I have to confront the fact that what I do not hide from my daughter in her first few years will imprint itself on her mind in unpredictable ways. The picture of the murder scene was firmly imprinted in her mind. The contrast between his eyes, in which all hope has been extinguished, and those of his captors, who looked like their next stop would be a movie or a coffee, is imprinted in my memory. I just want him to have the same image imprinted in his memory that I have in mine. Synonyms fix, establish, stick, lodge, implant, embed stamp, impress, etch, engrave, print 2imprint onZoology no object (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust. 〔动〕（幼兽）认（其他动物、人或物）为父母或依赖对象 the bird thought I was its mother and imprinted on me goslings will imprint themselves on inanimate objects such as a cardboard box Example sentencesExamples Biologists are now trying to get birds to imprint on boats and airplanes, so they can be taught to migrate. Once the chick has imprinted on the initial object, hopefully the mother, it will no longer imprint on other objects. In contrast to cuckoos, both male and female indigobirds imprint on their hosts. All the geese had been hatched under human watch and encouraged to imprint on the French trainer in a yellow vest. In the next generation, her daughter (a bird that was not knowingly observed in the field) is genetically an indigobird but imprints on her Melba Finch foster parents and learns their songs. noun ˈɪmprɪntˈɪmprɪnt 1A mark or outline made by pressing something on to a softer substance. 印记，印痕 he made imprints of the keys in bars of soap 他在肥皂上留下钥匙的印痕。 Example sentencesExamples One arm clutched her towel while the other held her clothes bundled together at her side, the soft steps of her feet leaving damp imprints on the brown carpet. But last year an imprint of his address was scientifically detected on one of the envelopes and he was finally caught. A red imprint marked my waist where my stockings' elastic had pressed. There are tread marks leading up to where the imprints are, so I follow them. Daniel examined the seal, not at all surprised to see the faint imprint of the historian's mark in the wax. Biting his earlobe as had little effect, other than the imprint of the teeth on his skin. Alice discovers the remarkable detail that these imprints reveal about the people and about the strange prehistoric animals that were living on the coast 5,000 years ago. When you think about forensic evidence, you probably imagine detectives looking for droplets of blood, traces of fingerprints or imprints of shoes. There were recent skid marks beneath the snow and frozen tire imprints in the ice, which coincided with the man's story. Their webbed feet made small imprints on the sand. More bruises covered her thighs, in the shape of fingers and whole hands, perfect imprints on her once-perfect skin. His feet had already left deep imprints in the thick red carpet and the suit collar was driving him to distraction. She's leaning there, supported by the banister, swaying slightly, keys clutched leaving imprints in her right hand. His grey polyester slacks have white diamond shape imprints from leaning against the dusty fence. An imprint in the dirt and scuff marks on her boots proved this, and they said the boots had helped her cling to the fence. Still flushed with anger, I rose from the bench, placing my hands flat against the table and so hard that I was sure I was leaving imprints on the wooden surface. There was an imprint in the dirt there, as if someone had been sleeping there for years. Charlie followed the shallow imprints in the ground, until the tracks came to a flat rock. I could feel her nails leaving imprints on my palm. Traditional seals derive their authenticity from the imprint of the sealer; the challenge for electronic commerce is to devise a similar system to validate digital information. Synonyms impression, print, mark, indentation 1.1 A lasting effect. 〈喻〉深刻的印象；长期的影响 years in the colonies had left their imprint 在殖民地的岁月留给他们深刻的印象。 Example sentencesExamples The floodgates of knowledge unlocked in Muslim Spain left their lasting imprints on every conceivable domain of the Western society. It will take some years for the Government to address apartheid's imprint of geographic, institutional and social separation. The time I spent with James has left an indelible imprint on my mind. His poetics of protest that projects the writer as a revolutionary bears the unmistakable imprint of Marxist thought. The country will forever be poorer without Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, but their imprint is so strong that we can follow the path of their leadership, even when they've moved on. His imprint on us can emerge and shine brightly for all to see. But wind farms leave imprints on the environment, too, says the University of Calgary professor. The bicycle is an interesting example of a technology, which in its popularity last century began to affect the architecture of the landscape, before the automobile left its indelible imprint. They believe that the imprint of God's creative genius is upon every human being. His spell at Cambridge left an indelible imprint on the young Howard. The imprints of these influences will not all be equally visible in adulthood and hence may be overlooked by studies that have information about individuals only in middle and old age. They can either follow the president's lead or seek to put their imprint on presidential policies. As he points out, imagination is not just the passive faculty that retains the imprint left by sensation. However, all stages left their indelible imprints in the vast reservoir of human knowledge and each stage was symbiotically linked to the other, in the sense that each left valuable resources for the next. When this is compounded over time, the effect is a lasting imprint in the mind of the child - so much so that the child carries the experience with them into their adult life with disastrous results. We carry the imprint of this experience for life, even into our dying. The area long ago began to be gentrified, but it still bears the imprint of its recent history in somewhat lower house prices than the adjacent suburb of Nightcliff proper. I know teachers with the extraordinary power to make a lasting imprint on a young child's life. Even more significant were the indelible imprints left on an emboldened and much mightier financial sector. Each will leave a unique and lasting imprint on the historically Black institutions they've headed. Synonyms impact, lasting effect, influence, impression 2A printer's or publisher's name, address, and other details in a book or other publication. 出版事项 Example sentencesExamples One day, quite by chance, I happened to look at the imprint of my copy and noticed it was a First Edition. So English and Canadian readers will get books that are identical except for the imprint and copyright pages. These title pages generally provide the title of the play, the name of the dramatist, and the printer's device and imprint. Rather like looking at introductions and conclusions, and imprints, and bibliographies, and so on… I'd be very suspicious of any piece of info which appeared to exist in a vacuum. 2.1 A brand name under which books are published, typically the name of a former publishing house that is now part of a larger group. 出版社名（尤指现为出版集团成员的原出版社） the group will continue to market its products through its established imprints Example sentencesExamples Major publishing houses responded to this trend by establishing imprints, such as DC's Vertigo, that publishes comics aimed at a mature audience. The problem with today's publishing is that behind all the imprints we see on spines, most books are the product of just four multinational media conglomerates. The new name to watch in Scottish publishing is Birlinn, which has been busy buying up imprints (notably Polygon) and is clearly intent on making its own mark as a publishing house of national importance. To redress this balance, an Oxford-based publishing firm has launched Transita, a new imprint devoted exclusively to books by and about older women. It was published by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press Random House trade imprints now publish lead titles as print books and e-books simultaneously. His new book with M.F. Husain, Kerala: God's Own Country, has just been published by Books Today, an imprint of India Today. For example, Donna Hill is the lead author for Kensington Publishing's Dafina, a new imprint for romance novels. Publishers Time-Warner, Random House, and HarperCollins all have religious imprints. And, most significant of all, he tells us that ‘several major imprints are struggling.' It is published by Highdown, an imprint of Raceform Ltd, Compton, Newbury and is priced at £17.99stg. Despite the good news, some authors worry about the message they are sending by publishing under imprints aimed at specific communities. So I have what is known as an imprint, it's an arm of a publishing house. And in a very imaginative marketing ploy, it was published simultaneously in both adult and children's imprints. [She's] working on two books to be published by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The publication in Paris was by a bookseller, Sylvia Beach, under the imprint Shakespeare & Co, who had no experience of publishing at all, let alone so substantial and complex a work. Even if they're no longer independent companies, they still exist as imprints. Penguin imprints include Michael Joseph, Allen Lane, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, and a good few more. She has also had books published under the Kensington and St. Martin's paperback imprints. Origin Late Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- 'into' + premere 'to press'. Rhymes asquint, bint, clint, dint, flint, glint, hint, lint, mint, misprint, print, quint, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint Definition of imprint in US English: imprint verbimˈprintɪmˈprɪnt 1with object Impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface or body. 盖（印），压（印） tire marks were imprinted in the snow 雪地上压有轮胎痕迹。 Example sentencesExamples The outline of my hand is imprinted in red on her face. But, as she shuffled her feet in the leaves, her sharp gray eyes caught sight of something imprinted in the frozen ground. His shoulder was bleeding heavily from the teeth marks that had been imprinted in his skin. The wax on the envelope was imprinted with the unmistakable Papal Seal. The easiest way to stamp concrete is to imprint texture only. Decorated in a traditional Tuscan style, several of the inner walls and ceilings are frescoed in pastoral scenes, and imprinted in the stone fireplace is a hand-carved rendition of the Last Supper. The ammunition lot number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the outside of the right tuck flap of the 50-round box. Medals will be imprinted with the F - 117 Nighthawk, this year's featured aircraft. They wore chain-mail armor, complete with steel knee guards and spears, and on their heads, they wore helmets imprinted with a foreign symbol I had never seen before. The curious creatures wander into the tunnel and leave their footmarks imprinted in the clay, alerting staff to their presence. The surface is unevenly imprinted with finger marks, and it has sprouted a pair of copper hoops. Now she trod upon the dirt, imprinting her mark into the damp mud and fragments of brown snow, snow which all too often enticed her forwards into false light. Inside the brood nest and each super box are 9 or 10 frames for comb-containing foundation, thin sheets of beeswax or plastic that are imprinted with a honeycomb pattern. The spiky heals were imprinted in the ground and the toe part was facing Ginger. Daniels invented concrete stamps that can imprint curving border patterns in concrete. He told the jury the bloodstained footprints found in the hall had a distinctive zig-zag pattern that was also found imprinted in soft soil where the killer escaped through the back garden. Worse, though, is the danger posed by the wheel-tracks left imprinted in the wet sand. There were many old horse prints and wagon tracks imprinted in the packed snow, but what concerned Kalif were the many footprints, fresh footprints, that littered the newly-fallen powder. For one thing, the mud is imprinted with wavy bumps, or corrugations, the marks left by the water at high tide. His slippers were imprinted with his toes and heels. Synonyms stamp, punch, print, impress, mark, engrave, deboss, etch 1.1 Make an impression or mark on (something) 在…上印下 clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams 印有体育队标识的衣服。 Example sentencesExamples Tablets, which typically contain from 50-150 mg. of active drug, are usually imprinted with a popular icon such as the Nike swoosh or Motorola symbol. He was so bold as to have his business card imprinted with the single modifier ‘Expert.’ The invitation came in a bottle with a wrapper on which was imprinted in bold letters: ‘Poison’. From coffins emblazoned with the Rangers crest, to maroon Hearts prams, to toilet rolls and cigarettes imprinted with club logos, clubs are having to turn down dozens of products as companies try to cash in on the loyalty of football fans. It was covered with a green comforter and it was imprinted with daisies of a darker shade of green. Some are imprinted with candy-colored portraits of Che Guevara rendered in a 1960's, retro Cuban poster style. Depending on quantity ordered, these goggles can be imprinted with the command logo or name free of charge. Two men from Cleveland have been charged with illegally selling T-shirts imprinted with the Iowa State University logo. She appears as jewellery and figurines, dishes are dried with tea-towels imprinted with her portrait, there are Diana sculptures, lingerie and ribbons and her name grows in rose gardens. Again, the priests didn't believe him, but when he showed them the roses, they all saw that his blanket had been imprinted with the image of Guadalupe. The event started in the Orchard Room with tea and biscuits, each imprinted with the Prince's crest, and was followed by a tour of the house's magnificent gardens - slightly dampened by a two hour downpour. Two phrases - ‘Made in USA’ and ‘The user assumes responsibility for injury resulting from negligence’ were imprinted in the plastic. The shroud is imprinted with the image of a naked man who bears the marks of whipping and crucifixion. They were imprinted with pictures of little penguins. These cards can be stowed in small maroon folders courtesy of American Girl Place, imprinted with the phrase ‘Pocket full of wishes.’ Others got tattooed in their youth and later regretted being imprinted with a flaming death head or a Flying V guitar. Many of the firefighters at the June 8 rally wore bright yellow t-shirts that were imprinted with ‘Firefighters for Fair Play.’ What if each one were imprinted with the name of a member who had passed away the year before? The only difference in the AMP elevator was that the letters ‘AMP’ were imprinted in a repeating pattern across the top of the rail on the inside. The original hybrid, Clematis ‘Jackmanii’, is still incredibly popular after almost 150 years, with its lovely deep purple flowers imprinted with a cross. 1.2 Fix (an idea) firmly in someone's mind. 〈喻〉铭刻，使（某人）牢记（想法） he would always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind 他心里总铭刻着那可怕的形象。 Example sentencesExamples Now that I'm a parent, I have to confront the fact that what I do not hide from my daughter in her first few years will imprint itself on her mind in unpredictable ways. Henceforth an image of revolutionary upheaval would be deeply imprinted on France's collective memory. Others have acknowledged that the Ulster experience is indelibly imprinted in the artist's psyche. The image of her gliding effortlessly towards us in slow motion will forever be imprinted in my memory. The contrast between his eyes, in which all hope has been extinguished, and those of his captors, who looked like their next stop would be a movie or a coffee, is imprinted in my memory. For me, that detour came more than 20 years ago - and the date, Jan. 5, 1982, is imprinted permanently in my mind. However, the image was clearly imprinted inside his mind. Only constant repetition will succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of a crowd. Those sights and sounds that were imprinted in me as a child began to surface. I just want him to have the same image imprinted in his memory that I have in mine. The words were still imprinted in my brain, something I always believed I could forget but never could. They hope to make their extraordinary acts of romantic courtship a moment indelibly imprinted on the minds of their lovers. The Dante he recited in Auschwitz was imprinted in his memory during his schooldays in Turin. Her image was imprinted very clearly in his mind. I'm sure that that number is indelibly imprinted in his brain. The layout of the maze was imprinted in my head and I knew if I needed to, that could be used to my advantage. The picture of the murder scene was firmly imprinted in her mind. Every battle he had ever entered was forever imprinted in his mind. Since this was our only formal meeting, the event is indelibly imprinted in my memory. Synonyms fix, establish, stick, lodge, implant, embed 2imprint onZoology no object (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust. 〔动〕（幼兽）认（其他动物、人或物）为父母或依赖对象 Example sentencesExamples Biologists are now trying to get birds to imprint on boats and airplanes, so they can be taught to migrate. Once the chick has imprinted on the initial object, hopefully the mother, it will no longer imprint on other objects. All the geese had been hatched under human watch and encouraged to imprint on the French trainer in a yellow vest. In contrast to cuckoos, both male and female indigobirds imprint on their hosts. In the next generation, her daughter (a bird that was not knowingly observed in the field) is genetically an indigobird but imprints on her Melba Finch foster parents and learns their songs. nounˈimprintˈɪmprɪnt 1A mark made by pressing something onto a softer substance so that its outline is reproduced. 印记，印痕 he made imprints of the keys in bars of soap 他在肥皂上留下钥匙的印痕。 Example sentencesExamples A red imprint marked my waist where my stockings' elastic had pressed. Biting his earlobe as had little effect, other than the imprint of the teeth on his skin. When you think about forensic evidence, you probably imagine detectives looking for droplets of blood, traces of fingerprints or imprints of shoes. His grey polyester slacks have white diamond shape imprints from leaning against the dusty fence. One arm clutched her towel while the other held her clothes bundled together at her side, the soft steps of her feet leaving damp imprints on the brown carpet. But last year an imprint of his address was scientifically detected on one of the envelopes and he was finally caught. There are tread marks leading up to where the imprints are, so I follow them. Daniel examined the seal, not at all surprised to see the faint imprint of the historian's mark in the wax. More bruises covered her thighs, in the shape of fingers and whole hands, perfect imprints on her once-perfect skin. I could feel her nails leaving imprints on my palm. His feet had already left deep imprints in the thick red carpet and the suit collar was driving him to distraction. She's leaning there, supported by the banister, swaying slightly, keys clutched leaving imprints in her right hand. There were recent skid marks beneath the snow and frozen tire imprints in the ice, which coincided with the man's story. An imprint in the dirt and scuff marks on her boots proved this, and they said the boots had helped her cling to the fence. Traditional seals derive their authenticity from the imprint of the sealer; the challenge for electronic commerce is to devise a similar system to validate digital information. Charlie followed the shallow imprints in the ground, until the tracks came to a flat rock. Still flushed with anger, I rose from the bench, placing my hands flat against the table and so hard that I was sure I was leaving imprints on the wooden surface. Alice discovers the remarkable detail that these imprints reveal about the people and about the strange prehistoric animals that were living on the coast 5,000 years ago. Their webbed feet made small imprints on the sand. There was an imprint in the dirt there, as if someone had been sleeping there for years. Synonyms impression, print, mark, indentation 1.1 A lasting impression or effect. 〈喻〉深刻的印象；长期的影响 years in the colonies had left their imprint 在殖民地的岁月留给他们深刻的印象。 Example sentencesExamples When this is compounded over time, the effect is a lasting imprint in the mind of the child - so much so that the child carries the experience with them into their adult life with disastrous results. They believe that the imprint of God's creative genius is upon every human being. It will take some years for the Government to address apartheid's imprint of geographic, institutional and social separation. They can either follow the president's lead or seek to put their imprint on presidential policies. His poetics of protest that projects the writer as a revolutionary bears the unmistakable imprint of Marxist thought. However, all stages left their indelible imprints in the vast reservoir of human knowledge and each stage was symbiotically linked to the other, in the sense that each left valuable resources for the next. His spell at Cambridge left an indelible imprint on the young Howard. The bicycle is an interesting example of a technology, which in its popularity last century began to affect the architecture of the landscape, before the automobile left its indelible imprint. But wind farms leave imprints on the environment, too, says the University of Calgary professor. The area long ago began to be gentrified, but it still bears the imprint of its recent history in somewhat lower house prices than the adjacent suburb of Nightcliff proper. His imprint on us can emerge and shine brightly for all to see. Even more significant were the indelible imprints left on an emboldened and much mightier financial sector. Each will leave a unique and lasting imprint on the historically Black institutions they've headed. The imprints of these influences will not all be equally visible in adulthood and hence may be overlooked by studies that have information about individuals only in middle and old age. The floodgates of knowledge unlocked in Muslim Spain left their lasting imprints on every conceivable domain of the Western society. The country will forever be poorer without Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, but their imprint is so strong that we can follow the path of their leadership, even when they've moved on. We carry the imprint of this experience for life, even into our dying. As he points out, imagination is not just the passive faculty that retains the imprint left by sensation. I know teachers with the extraordinary power to make a lasting imprint on a young child's life. The time I spent with James has left an indelible imprint on my mind. Synonyms impact, lasting effect, influence, impression 2A printer's or publisher's name, address, and other details in a book or other printed item. 出版事项 Example sentencesExamples These title pages generally provide the title of the play, the name of the dramatist, and the printer's device and imprint. Rather like looking at introductions and conclusions, and imprints, and bibliographies, and so on… I'd be very suspicious of any piece of info which appeared to exist in a vacuum. So English and Canadian readers will get books that are identical except for the imprint and copyright pages. One day, quite by chance, I happened to look at the imprint of my copy and noticed it was a First Edition. 2.1 A brand name under which books are published, typically the name of a former publishing house that is now part of a larger group. 出版社名（尤指现为出版集团成员的原出版社） Example sentencesExamples His new book with M.F. Husain, Kerala: God's Own Country, has just been published by Books Today, an imprint of India Today. Major publishing houses responded to this trend by establishing imprints, such as DC's Vertigo, that publishes comics aimed at a mature audience. It is published by Highdown, an imprint of Raceform Ltd, Compton, Newbury and is priced at £17.99stg. The problem with today's publishing is that behind all the imprints we see on spines, most books are the product of just four multinational media conglomerates. She has also had books published under the Kensington and St. Martin's paperback imprints. The new name to watch in Scottish publishing is Birlinn, which has been busy buying up imprints (notably Polygon) and is clearly intent on making its own mark as a publishing house of national importance. For example, Donna Hill is the lead author for Kensington Publishing's Dafina, a new imprint for romance novels. Even if they're no longer independent companies, they still exist as imprints. To redress this balance, an Oxford-based publishing firm has launched Transita, a new imprint devoted exclusively to books by and about older women. Random House trade imprints now publish lead titles as print books and e-books simultaneously. And in a very imaginative marketing ploy, it was published simultaneously in both adult and children's imprints. [She's] working on two books to be published by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. And, most significant of all, he tells us that ‘several major imprints are struggling.' Penguin imprints include Michael Joseph, Allen Lane, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, and a good few more. Publishers Time-Warner, Random House, and HarperCollins all have religious imprints. So I have what is known as an imprint, it's an arm of a publishing house. It was published by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press The publication in Paris was by a bookseller, Sylvia Beach, under the imprint Shakespeare & Co, who had no experience of publishing at all, let alone so substantial and complex a work. Despite the good news, some authors worry about the message they are sending by publishing under imprints aimed at specific communities. Origin Late Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.
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