ink

noun

/ɪŋk/

[uncountable, countable]

coloured liquid for writing, drawing and printing墨水；墨汁；油墨
- in ink written in ink 用墨水写的
- different coloured inks各种颜色的墨水
- a pen and ink drawing钢笔画
see also Indian ink, inky, pen-and-ink
Extra Examples
- Allow the ink to dry.等墨水晾干。
- Be careful. The ink is still wet.当心，油墨还没干。
- He wrote very neatly in blue ink.他是用蓝墨水书写的，字迹很工整。
- Most people now use ballpoints rather than ink.现在多数人舍弃钢笔而使用圆珠笔了。
- The drawback of this printer is that the ink tends to smudge.这台打印机的缺点是油墨容易弄花。
- There were several alterations in ink.有几处钢笔改动的地方。
- We need to replace the ink cartridge in the printer.我们需要更换打印机的墨盒了。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wet
- coloured/colored
- black
- …
verb + ink
- use
- write in
- apply
- …
ink + verb
- dry
ink + noun
- blot
- spot
- stain
- …
preposition
- in ink
phrases
- pen and ink
(also inking [countable])
a tattoo or tattoos (= pictures or designs marked permanently on a person's skin)一个或多个纹身（= 永久标记在人的皮肤上的图片或设计）
- She likes to wear clothes that show off her ink.她喜欢穿能展示墨水的衣服。
- He lifted up his shirt so that we could see his two new inks. 他掀起衬衫，以便我们可以看到他的两种新墨水。
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Word OriginMiddle English enke, inke, from Old French enque, via late Latin from Greek enkauston, denoting the purple ink used by Roman emperors for signatures, from enkaiein ‘burn in’.

ink

verb

/ɪŋk/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ink	/ɪŋk/ /ɪŋk/
he / she / it inks	/ɪŋks/ /ɪŋks/
past simple inked	/ɪŋkt/ /ɪŋkt/
past participle inked	/ɪŋkt/ /ɪŋkt/
-ing form inking	/ˈɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈɪŋkɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

ink something to cover something with ink so that it can be used for printing给…上油墨（以供印刷）Topics Artc2
ink something (North American English, informal) to sign a document, especially a contract签署，签订（合同等）
- The group has just inked a $10 million deal.这个集团刚刚签订了一份 1 000 万美元的协议。
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ink something (on something) to mark somebody's skin with a tattoo (= a picture or design marked permanently in ink)用纹身标记某人的皮肤（=用墨水永久标记的图片或设计）
- She has a lizard inked on her right arm.她的右臂上纹着一只蜥蜴。
- The couple inked matching designs soon after they started dating.这对情侣在开始约会后不久就签署了匹配的设计。
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Word OriginMiddle English enke, inke, from Old French enque, via late Latin from Greek enkauston, denoting the purple ink used by Roman emperors for signatures, from enkaiein ‘burn in’.