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- a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing陈规, 老套, 旧框框：
the stereotype of the woman as the carer
把妇女当成护理工的陈规旧俗
sexual and racial stereotypes.
性别和种族的旧习。
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- a person or thing that conforms to such an image老套的人（或物）, 陈俗的人（或物）：
don't treat anyone as a stereotype.
别把他人当作陈俗老套的人对待。
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- a relief printing plate cast in a mould made from composed type or an original plate铅版; 铅版浇铸; 铅版印刷。
with obj.
- view or represent as a stereotype使成为老一套, 使成为陈规; 对…有成见：
the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland
这个城市很容易被习惯性地认为是一个工业荒原
as adj. stereotyped the film is weakened by its stereotyped characters.这部电影人物刻板, 因而效果受到削弱。
派生词
stereotypic
adjectivestereotypical
adjectivestereotypically
adverb词源
late 18th cent.: from French stéréotype (adjective).