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单词 kern
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kern1

verb kəːnkərn
[with object]Printing
  • 1usually as noun kerningAdjust the spacing between (characters) in a piece of text to be printed.

    (在待印文本中)调整(铅字或字符的)间距

    there was not facility for accurate kerning on a global basis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cease any talk of font analysis, kerning, superscripts or anything else of a typographical nature.
    • The typesetting shows problems as well, and the kerning and word-spacing in some lines is so awkward as to render the line almost unreadable.
    • Although, I am pleased and happily surprised that words like superscript, subscript, proportionally spaced fonts, kerning, etc. are being used in the mainstream media, I don't believe anyone is really listening.
    • You know the arguments over the superscript, the kerning, the proportional spacing.
  • 2Provide (metal type or a printed character) with a kern.

    sometimes display type is kerned
noun kəːnkərn
Printing
  • The part of a metal type projecting beyond the body or shank, or a part of a printed character that overlaps its neighbours.

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps from French carne 'corner', from Latin cardo, cardin- 'hinge'.

Rhymes

adjourn, astern, Berne, burn, churn, concern, discern, earn, fern, fohn, learn, Lucerne, quern, Sauternes, spurn, stern, Sterne, tern, terne, Traherne, turn, urn, Verne, yearn

kern2

(also kerne)
noun kəːnkərn
  • 1historical A light-armed Irish foot soldier.

    〈史〉爱尔兰轻装步兵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Composition involved, in Gaelic parts, the commutation of the chief's right to take up supplies for his household and quarter his kerne and galloglass on his subjects for defence.
    • Recruiting large numbers of Gaelic kern, they then invaded England, landing at Furness in Lancashire, and immediately made for Richard III's old power base in north Yorkshire.
    • An armed company of the kerne, carrying halberds and pikes and led by a piper, attack and burn a farmhouse and drive off the horses and cattle.
    • The crude unsigned illustrations depict the activities of the Irish kern, while the refined signed cuts offer images of a resplendent English contingent led by Sir Henry Sidney in the name of the Queen.
  • 2archaic A peasant; a rustic.

    〈古〉农民,乡下人

    Synonyms
    bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian

Origin

Late Middle English: from Irish ceithearn, from Old Irish ceithern 'band of foot soldiers'.

kern1

verbkərnkərn
[with object]Printing
  • 1usually as noun kerningAdjust the spacing between (letters or characters) in a piece of text to be printed.

    (在待印文本中)调整(铅字或字符的)间距

    there was not facility for accurate kerning on a global basis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The typesetting shows problems as well, and the kerning and word-spacing in some lines is so awkward as to render the line almost unreadable.
    • Cease any talk of font analysis, kerning, superscripts or anything else of a typographical nature.
    • You know the arguments over the superscript, the kerning, the proportional spacing.
    • Although, I am pleased and happily surprised that words like superscript, subscript, proportionally spaced fonts, kerning, etc. are being used in the mainstream media, I don't believe anyone is really listening.
    1. 1.1 Make (letters) overlap.
      使(铅字)重叠
  • 2Design (metal type) with a projecting part beyond the body or shank.

    设计具有出格部分的(金属铅字)

    sometimes display type is kerned
nounkərnkərn
Printing
  • The part of a metal type projecting beyond its body or shank.

    设计具有出格部分的(金属铅字)

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps from French carne ‘corner’, from Latin cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’.

kern2

(also kerne)
nounkərnkərn
  • 1historical A light-armed Irish foot soldier.

    〈史〉爱尔兰轻装步兵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Composition involved, in Gaelic parts, the commutation of the chief's right to take up supplies for his household and quarter his kerne and galloglass on his subjects for defence.
    • The crude unsigned illustrations depict the activities of the Irish kern, while the refined signed cuts offer images of a resplendent English contingent led by Sir Henry Sidney in the name of the Queen.
    • Recruiting large numbers of Gaelic kern, they then invaded England, landing at Furness in Lancashire, and immediately made for Richard III's old power base in north Yorkshire.
    • An armed company of the kerne, carrying halberds and pikes and led by a piper, attack and burn a farmhouse and drive off the horses and cattle.
  • 2archaic A peasant; a rustic.

    〈古〉农民,乡下人

    Synonyms
    bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian

Origin

Late Middle English: from Irish ceithearn, from Old Irish ceithern ‘band of foot soldiers’.

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