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词汇 overprint
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Definition of overprint in English:

overprint

verb əʊvəˈprɪntˌoʊvərˈprɪnt
[with object]
  • 1Print additional matter on (a stamp or other surface already bearing print)

    在(邮票等已印图文的表面)上加印;加盖

    menus will be overprinted with company logos

    菜单上将加印公司的标记。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Printed documents would be overprinted with an almost invisible pattern of conductive ink that uniquely encodes the x-y location on the document.
    • Each page of each calendar was overprinted with the gushing words: ‘It's sunny today in South Africa'.
    • They were overprinted with the words ‘Official Operator‘.
    • The sheet had been overprinted with the standard stamp of Scanlon Autos.
    • A small folded advertisement is overprinted with the names of the company's general agents for New York and New Jersey.
  • 2Print too many copies of.

    超额印刷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And distribution is a problem on the other end, too, with books that are overprinted.
    • Inexperience with the book trade resulted in our erring on the side of overprinting our books too heavily throughout 2002, so that our anticipated profit is in fact sitting in our warehouse in the form of books.
    • This system worked well until the First World War when many countries overprinted money in relation to their gold reserves in order to meet the extraordinary economic demands at that time.
  • 3Photography
    Make (a print or other positive) darker than intended.

    〔摄〕将(相片)印得颜色过深

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Photographs may not be cropped, manipulated, overprinted, printed in colored ink or altered in any form without permission.
    • There is often a blue cast that overprints the entire photo, which results from blue backscattering from the atmosphere.
noun ˈəʊvəprɪntˈoʊvərˌprɪnt
mass noun
  • 1Words or other matter printed on to something already bearing print.

    被加印(或加盖)的部分

    some stamps are cheaper with the overprint
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those lovely words against the gray ground and the overprint!
    • The winner also gets an extra 10p for each card with a red overprint.
    • I have seen three examples of this unusual overprint, none of which is complete.
    • The printer of Indian postage stamps prepared an overprint that was to be distributed throughout all of India.
    • The maps have an overprint highlighting local footpaths.
    1. 1.1count noun An overprinted postage stamp.
      加盖邮票
      the Great Britain overprints remained valid for postage
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Overprints have been used as commemoratives; as a lower-cost alternative to designing and issuing special stamps.
      • It is well known to Scout stamp collectors that the G.B. set of three stamps for the Jubilee Jamboree were overprinted for use in the territories of Bahrain, Muscat and Qatar. Less known is the fact that overprints were also prepared and sent to Kuwait.
      • 1916-19 War Stamp overprints.

Definition of overprint in US English:

overprint

verbˌoʊvərˈprɪntˌōvərˈprint
[with object]
  • 1Print additional matter on (a stamp or other surface already bearing print)

    在(邮票等已印图文的表面)上加印;加盖

    menus will be overprinted with company logos

    菜单上将加印公司的标记。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sheet had been overprinted with the standard stamp of Scanlon Autos.
    • A small folded advertisement is overprinted with the names of the company's general agents for New York and New Jersey.
    • Printed documents would be overprinted with an almost invisible pattern of conductive ink that uniquely encodes the x-y location on the document.
    • They were overprinted with the words ‘Official Operator‘.
    • Each page of each calendar was overprinted with the gushing words: ‘It's sunny today in South Africa'.
  • 2Print too many copies of.

    超额印刷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Inexperience with the book trade resulted in our erring on the side of overprinting our books too heavily throughout 2002, so that our anticipated profit is in fact sitting in our warehouse in the form of books.
    • And distribution is a problem on the other end, too, with books that are overprinted.
    • This system worked well until the First World War when many countries overprinted money in relation to their gold reserves in order to meet the extraordinary economic demands at that time.
  • 3Photography
    Make (a print or other positive) darker than intended.

    〔摄〕将(相片)印得颜色过深

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Photographs may not be cropped, manipulated, overprinted, printed in colored ink or altered in any form without permission.
    • There is often a blue cast that overprints the entire photo, which results from blue backscattering from the atmosphere.
nounˈōvərˌprintˈoʊvərˌprɪnt
  • 1Words or other matter printed on to something already bearing print.

    被加印(或加盖)的部分

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have seen three examples of this unusual overprint, none of which is complete.
    • The maps have an overprint highlighting local footpaths.
    • The printer of Indian postage stamps prepared an overprint that was to be distributed throughout all of India.
    • Those lovely words against the gray ground and the overprint!
    • The winner also gets an extra 10p for each card with a red overprint.
    1. 1.1 An overprinted postage stamp.
      加盖邮票
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Overprints have been used as commemoratives; as a lower-cost alternative to designing and issuing special stamps.
      • It is well known to Scout stamp collectors that the G.B. set of three stamps for the Jubilee Jamboree were overprinted for use in the territories of Bahrain, Muscat and Qatar. Less known is the fact that overprints were also prepared and sent to Kuwait.
      • 1916-19 War Stamp overprints.
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