with obj.
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- engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it用酸在（金属, 玻璃, 石头）上雕刻, 蚀刻：
as adj. etched etched glass windows.蚀刻的玻璃窗。
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- use such a process to produce (a print or design)蚀刻（印记, 图案）; 蚀镂。
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- (of an acid or other solvent) corrode or eat away the surface of (something)（酸或其他溶剂）酸蚀; 浸蚀; 侵蚀; 腐蚀。
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- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons（用溶剂、激光或电子流）有选择地融蚀（半导体, 印刷电路）的表面。
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- （一般作be etched）cut or carve (a text or design) on a surface雕刻（文本, 图案）：
her initials were etched on the table flap
她姓名的首字母被刻在了桌子的折板上
figurative 〈喻〉 his name is etched in baseball history.
他的名字铭刻在棒球史上。
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- mark (a surface) with a carved text or design在…的表面上刻文字（或图案）：
a Pictish stone etched with mysterious designs.
一块刻有神秘图案的皮克特人墓碑。
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- cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible使显露; 使醒目：
Jo watched the outline of the town etched against the sky
乔望着在天空映衬下十分醒目的整个城镇
her face was etched with tiredness
她面露疲惫之色
as adj. etched her finely etched profile她美丽的侧影
figurative 〈喻〉 the incident was etched indelibly in her mind.
那件事深深地印在她的脑海里。
派生词
etcher
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Dutch etsen, from German ätzen, from a base meaning 'cause to eat'; related to EAT.