etch — قاموس الإنجليزية

فعل

1. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

2. To engrave a surface.

3. To make a lasting impression.

   الاستعمال

   • مجازي

   أمثلة

   The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.

   His sorrow was etched on his face.

4. To sketch; to delineate.

   أمثلة

   There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

فعل

1. make an etching of

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   print

   أمثلة

   He etched her image into the surface

2. cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   show

   أمثلة

   a face etched with pain

   the leafless branches etched against the sky

3. carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block

   مرادفات

   engrave

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   print

   أمثلة

   engrave a letter

4. carve or cut a design or letters into

   مرادفات

   engrave

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   carvechip at

   أمثلة

   engrave the pen with the owner's name

5. selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   dissolve