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Fingerprint Police Made Person's Lines Fin·Ger·Print Noun Verb

A fingerprint is a unique mark left by the lines on a person's finger, commonly used by police for identification. It can also be used as a verb, meaning to record someone's fingerprints or to mark an object with them.

A fingerprint is a mark created by the pattern of lines on the skin of a person's finger, used by police to identify criminals. The word can also be used as a verb, meaning to take someone's fingerprints or to identify something by its unique pattern.

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/fɪ̱ŋgə(r)prɪnt/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]指纹;指印 Fingerprints are marks made by a person's fingers which show the lines on the skin. Everyone's fingerprints are different, so they can be used to identify criminals.
  [usu pl]
  • The detective discovered no fewer than 35 fingerprints.

    那位侦探发现了至少35个指纹。

  • ...his fingerprint on the murder weapon.

    他留在凶器上的指纹 ● If the police take someone's fingerprints, they make that person press their fingers onto a pad covered with ink, and then onto paper, so that they know what that person's fingerprints look like. 提取…的指纹;让…按下指印

  • They were photographed and had their fingerprints taken.

    他们被拍了照,还被提取了指纹。

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[VERB 动词]提取…的指纹 If someone is fingerprinted, the police take their fingerprints.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • He took her to jail, where she was fingerprinted and booked.

    他把她带到监狱,在那里对她提取了指纹并进行了登记。

3
[VERB 动词]提取在…上的指纹 If the police fingerprint an object, they put a layer of special dust on it so that any fingerprints that are on it can be seen.
  [V n]
  • Let's fingerprint the canoe, see if we come up with anything.

    让我们提取一下独木舟上的指纹,看看能不能有什么发现。


Oxford fin·ger·print / ˈfɪŋɡəprɪnt ; NAmE ˈfɪŋɡərprɪnt / noun a mark made by the pattern of lines on the tip of a person's finger, often used by the police to identify criminals 指纹;指印 synonyms at
mark
see also
genetic fingerprint
fin·ger·print verb fingerprintsb fingerprint fingerprints fingerprinted fingerprinting
fin·ger·print / ˈfɪŋɡəprɪnt ; NAmE ˈfɪŋɡərprɪnt /
LDC
fingerprintfin‧ger‧print /ˈfɪŋɡəˌprɪnt $ -ɡər-/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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a mark made by the pattern of lines at the end of a person’s finger, which is used by the police to find out who has committed a crime:  His fingerprints were all over the gun. He was careful not to leave any fingerprints. The police questioned Beresford and took his fingerprints (=made a record of them). see thesaurus at
mark
fingerprint verb [transitive]
WDF

fingerprint

[ˈfɪŋgəprɪnt]fingerprinted, fingerprinting, fingerprints

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fingerprinted[288] fingerprints[11485]
指纹(88%),特征(10%),取指纹(1%),鉴别特征(1%)
n.指纹;手印
vt.采指纹

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