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- an impression or mark made on a surface by a person's fingertip, especially as used for identifying individuals from the unique pattern of whorls and lines指纹, 手印。
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- figurative a distinctive identifying characteristic〈喻〉区别性特征, 特点, 特色：
the faint chemical fingerprint of plastic explosives.
塑性炸药的微弱的化学特性。
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- record the fingerprints of (someone)取（某人）的指纹：
I was booked, fingerprinted, and locked up for the night.
我被记录在案、取了指纹并被关了一夜。