单词 | Xerox |
释义 | Xerox Xer.ox AHD: [zîr“¼ks] D.J. [6z!*rKks]K.K. [6z!r$ks]NONE(无词性)A trademark used for a photocopying process or machine employing xerography. This trademark often occurs in print in uppercase or lowercase as a verb, an adjective, and a noun:“Juicy stories circulated . . . in a book proposal that was Xeroxed and read as an alternate beach book in the Hamptons” (Washington Post). “Letters you send should be xeroxed after you sign them” (Progressive Architecture). “To walk around the . . . campus during the strike was to be confronted with their fact sheets, their xeroxed research summaries and news clips” (San Francisco Chronicle). “The group's teacher . . . asked the children how they would feel if they received a Xeroxed thank-you card” (New York Times). “He reaches inside his windbreaker to his shirt pocket. He has four or five sheets of foolscap, xeroxes, I see, of court documents” (Scott Turow). The trademark sometimes occurs in print in figurative contexts: 施乐:商标名,用于采用静电复印术的影印过程或机器。该商标常印刷为大写体或小写体,可作为动词、形容词和名词来使用:“在汉普顿斯,低俗的故事被印出后当作另一种消遣读物,夹在推荐书目中传阅” (华盛顿邮报)。 “您发出的信件应当在您签字后复印” (现代建筑)。 “在他们罢课期间只要围着校园走一走就会看到许多揭露真相的传单、复印的调查摘要和新闻简要(在游行中绕着营地走走就会面对许多事实传单,复印的研究略要和小道消息)” (旧金山年鉴)。 “老师问孩子们,当他们收到一张复印的致谢卡时有什么感觉” (纽约时报)。 “他伸到风衣里面去找衬衣口袋,我知道他有四五张复印的大页纸,我想,是法庭文件” (斯科特·丢诺)。这个商标有时用于比喻意义中: “Her performance was Xeroxed from her imagination”(&b{Chicago Tribune})“And of course sequels are nothing new: Andy Hardy and Nick Charles, for instance, were Xeroxed shamelessly in earlier days”(&b{Boston Globe})“她的表演是她的想象的再现”(芝加哥论坛报)“而且后来的事自然也没什么新的:例如安迪·哈代和尼克·查理在早期简直就是不知羞耻地照搬原样”(波士顿环球) |
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