etch — Английский словарь

Глагол

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.

   Употребление

   • переносное

   Примеры

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

   His sorrow was etched on his face.

4. To sketch; to delineate.

   Примеры

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

Глагол

1. make an etching of

   Более общие понятия

   print

   Примеры

   He etched her image into the surface

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

   Более общие понятия

   show

   Примеры

   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

   Синонимы

   engrave

   Более общие понятия

   print

   Примеры

   engrave a letter

4. carve or cut a design or letters into

   Синонимы

   engrave

   Более общие понятия

   carvechip at

   Примеры

   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

   Более общие понятия

   dissolve