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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary im·port
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Medieval Latin importare to bring in, cause, signify, from Latin, to bring in, cause, from in- + portare to carry — more at fare DATE 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to bear or convey as meaning or portent : signify b. archaic : express , state c. imply 2. to bring from a foreign or external source: as a. to bring (as merchandise) into a place or country from another country b. to transfer (as files or data) from one format to another usually within a new file 3. archaic : to be of importance to : concern intransitive verb : to be of consequence : matter • im·port·er noun
DATE circa 1568 1. importance ; especially : relative importance it is hard to judge the import of this decision 2. purport , signification 3. something that is imported 4. importation English Etymology import import (v.) early 15c., "convey information, express, make known," from L. importare "bring in, convey," from in- "into" + portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Sense of "bring in goods from abroad" first recorded c.1500. The noun meaning "consequence, importance" is from 1580s; sense of "that which is imported" is from 1680s. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ import im·port noun/ 5impC:t; NAmE 5impC:rt / 1. [C, usually pl.] a product or service that is brought into one country from another 进口；输入的产品(或劳务): food imports from abroad 从外地进口的食物 OPP export 2. [U, pl.] the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another (产品、劳务的)进口,输入,引进: The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste. 这篇报道呼吁禁止危险废弃物的进口。 import controls 进口管制 an import licence 进口许可证 imports of oil 石油的进口 OPP export 3. [U] (formal) importance 重要性: matters of great import 非常重要的事情 4. the ~ (of sth) [sing.] (formal) the meaning of sth, especially when it is not immediately clear 意思；含意: It is difficult to understand the full import of this statement. 很难理解这份声明中的全部含意。 verb/ im5pC:t; NAmE im5pC:rt / ▪ [VN] ~ sth (from...) | ~ sth (into...) 1. to bring a product, a service, an idea, etc. into one country from another 进口；输入；引进: The country has to import most of its raw materials. 这个国家大多数原料均依赖进口。 goods imported from Japan into the US 从日本输入到美国的货品 customs imported from the West 从西方传入的风俗习惯 2. (computing 计) to get data from another program, changing its form so that the program you are using can read it 导入；输入；移入 OPP export • im·port·ation / 7impC:5teiFn; NAmE -pC:r5t- / noun [U, C] SYN import :
a ban on the importation of ivory 禁止象牙进口的法令 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English import verb ADV. directly | illegally, legally | specially PREP. from The store's croissants are imported directly from France. | into These dogs are illegally imported into the country. | to goods that are imported to Britain Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: MEAN 2, add up (to), connote, denote, express, intend, signify, spell 2 Synonyms: MATTER , count, mean, signify, weighn. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: MEANING 1, acceptation, intendment, message, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, understanding Related Words: construction, interpretation 2 Synonyms: IMPORTANCE , consequence, magnitude, moment, momentousness, pith, significance, ||signification, weight, weightiness Related Words: value, worth; design, intent, object, objective, purpose; emphasis, stress Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: gold import point , or import credit im·port I. \(ˈ)im|pō(ə)r]t, əmˈp-, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə], -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English importen, from Latin importare to bring or carry into, introduce, cause, from in- in- (II) + portare to carry — more at port transitive verb 1. a. : to bear or convey as purport, meaning, information, or portent : mean , signify < his words imported that some change in plans had to be made > < the verse then would import that the riders have let their freedom … get out of hand — Warren Carrier > b. archaic : express , state c. : to involve as a consequence or inevitable concomitant : imply < honor imports justice > 2. : to bring from a foreign or external source : introduce from without < food imported into the city from surrounding farms > < another murder case … distinguished by the local animosities sought to be imported into the trial — H.W.H.Knott > < imported some college boys for the dance > especially : to bring (as wares or merchandise) into a place or country from another country < a business that imported toys from Japan > < imported wheat during the grain shortage > < Icelanders … imported the literature of the Continent, translating it into their own tongue — Charlton Laird > < Canada also imports a great many leading scientists — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development > — opposed to export 3. [Middle French importer, from Old Italian importare, from Latin]archaic : to be of importance or consequence to : have to do with :have a bearing on : concern intransitive verb [Middle French importer] : to be of moment or consequence : matter < it imports little that we are early or late > Synonyms: see mean II. \ˈimˌp-\ noun (-s) 1. : something contained as signification or intention : purport , meaning < trying vainly to fathom the import of the speaker's words > < a gesture whose import he knew immediately > 2. : weight , consequence , significance < less concerned about the literary value of his books than about their social import > < a man of great import > 3. : something (as an article of merchandise) brought in from an outside source (as a foreign country) < the car was a British import — Frances G. Patton > < chief imports were machinery and vehicles, raw wool and cotton — Americana Annual > 4. : importation < a proclamation allowing the import of an additional 51 million pounds of peanuts — Time > Synonyms: see importance |
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