| 单词 |
typographer |
| 释义 |
typographer|taɪp-, tɪˈpɒgrəfə(r)|
[f. med.L. typographus (see prec.) + -er1.]
1. One who is skilled in typography; a printer.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §24 To maintain the trade and mystery of Typographers. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing i, By a Typographer, I do not mean a Printer... But by a Typographer, I mean such a one, who..can either perform, or direct others to perform..all the Handy-works and Physical Operations relating to Typographie. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 9 The Vatican Typographers.., in Printing several Treatises. 1778Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. Addit. k j, A very antient edition..without date, place, or typographer. 1837Lockhart Scott II. i. 17 Whenever the poet hesitated about taking the hints of the zealous typographer.
†2. = typewriter 1. Obs. rare.
1829Mechanics' Mag. XII. 128 A curious machine..called a typographer. Ibid., The time is near when a man..will instantly resort to his typographer, instead of his pen and ink.
3. A beetle, Bostrychus (or Tomicus) typographicus, which makes print-like markings in the bark of trees. Also called typographic beetle. Also typographer (bark-) beetle.
1840Loudon tr. Köllar's Treat. Insects 357 The Typographer Bark-beetle. Ibid. 358 The larvæ..gnaw tortuous passages,..which, on account of their resemblance to letters, have obtained for the beetle the name of typographer. 1847Carpenter Zool. §656 The Typographer beetle..devours, both in the larva and perfect states, the soft wood beneath the bark,..and thus causes the death of the tree. |
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