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- with obj.（一般作be imprinted）impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface or body盖（印）, 压（印）：
tyre marks were imprinted in the snow.
雪地上压有轮胎痕迹。
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- make an impression or mark on (something)在…上印下：
clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams.
印有体育队标识的衣服。
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- figurative fix (an idea) firmly in someone's mind〈喻〉铭刻, 使（某人）牢记（想法）：
he'd always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind.
他心里总铭刻着那可怕的形象。
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- no obj.
imprint on
Zoology (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust【动】（幼兽）认（其他动物、人或物）为父母或依赖对象。
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- a mark made by pressing something on to a softer substance so that its outline is reproduced印记, 印痕：
he made imprints of the keys in bars of soap.
他在肥皂上留下钥匙的印痕。
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- figurative a lasting impression or effect〈喻〉深刻的印象; 长期的影响：
years in the colonies had left their imprint.
在殖民地的岁月留给他们深刻的印象。
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- a printer's or publisher's name, address, and other details in a book or other printed item出版事项。
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- a brand name under which books are published, typically the name of a former publishing house that is now part of a larger group出版社名（尤指现为出版集团成员的原出版社）。
词源
late Middle English （originally as emprint）： from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- 'into' + premere 'to press'.