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etched 音标拼音: ['ɛtʃt] 蚀像 蚀像 etched蚀 蚀刻 etched adj 1: cut or impressed into a surface; " an incised design"; " engraved invitations" [ synonym: { engraved}, { etched}, { graven}, { incised}, { inscribed}] etched \ etched\ adj. Cut or impressed into a surface. Syn: engraved, graven, incised. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully transparent; -- of glass. [ PJC]
Etch \ Etch\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Etched}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Etching}.] [ D. etsen, G. [ aum] tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See { Eat}.] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. [ 1913 Webster] I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. -- Hamerton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To sketch; to delineate. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 42 Moby Thesaurus words for " etched": confirmed, deep- dyed, deep- engraven, deep- fixed, deep- grounded, deep- laid, deep- rooted, deep- seated, deep- set, deep- settled, dyed- in- the- wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, established, firmly established, graven, implanted, impressed, imprinted, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inveterate, inwrought, long- established, old- line, on a rock, on bedrock, rooted, set, settled, stabilized, vested, well- established, well- founded, well- grounded, well- set, well- settled
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