type
n
1 ~ (of sth) class or group of people or things that have characteristics in common; kind 類型; 種類
different racial types 不同人種
Which type of tea do you prefer? 你喜歡哪種茶?
all types of jobs/jobs of all types 各種各樣的工作
A bungalow is/Bungalowsare a type of house. 小平房是房子中的一種類型.
winesof the Burgundy type/Burgundy-type wines 勃艮第類型的葡萄酒.
2 ~ (of sth) person, thing, event, etc considered as a representative example of a class or group 有代表性的人、 物、 事等; 典型
I don't think she's the artistic type. 我認為她不屬藝術家那類的人.
not the type of party I enjoy 不是我喜歡的那種聚會
the old-fashioned type of English gentleman 舊式的英國紳士
just the type of situation to avoid 就是要防止這種情況. He's true to type, ie behaves as sb of his class, group, etc may be expected to behave. 他就是他那類人的典型.
3 (infml 口) person of a specified character 某種類型的人: a brainy type 聰明的人
He's not my type (of person), ie We have little in common. 他跟我不是一個類型的人.
4 (idm 習語) revert to type => revert. type, v [Tn]
classify (sth/sb) according to its type 將(某事物[某人])按類型劃分
patients typed by age and blood group 按年齡和血型分類的病人.
type n
(a) [C] small block, esp of metal, with a raised letter or figure, etc on it, for use in printing (印刷用的)鉛字, 活字.
(b) [U] set, supply, kind or size of these 活字的寬度、 儲備、 字體或字號等
set sth in bold, roman, italic, etc type 將某文稿排成黑體字、 正體字、 斜體字等. type, v [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (out/up) write sth using a typewriter or word processor 用打字機或文字處理機打印某文稿
typing (away) with four fingers 用四個手指打(著)字
This will need to be typed (out) again. 這篇文稿要重新打一遍. typing (also `typewriting) n [U]
1 (skill at) using a typewriter or word processor (使用打字機或文字處理機的)打字(技術)
practise typing 練習打字
[attrib 作定語]
a typing pool, ie a group of typists who share a firm's typing work 打字小組(承擔一部門打字工作的).
2 writing produced on a typewriter or word processor (用打字機或文字處理機打出的)文稿
two pages of typing 打出的兩頁文稿.
typist n person who types, esp one employed to do so 打字者; (尤指)打字員
fast accurate typists required 招聘打字快速、 準確的打字員
copy, shorthand, etc typists 依照原稿、 速記等打字的打字員.