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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pho·to·copy
\\ˈfō-tə-ˌkä-pē\\ noun ETYMOLOGY International Scientific Vocabulary DATE circa 1909 : a copy of usually printed material made with a process in which an image is formed by the action of light usually on an electrically charged surface
verb DATE 1944 transitive verb : to make a photocopy of intransitive verb : to make a photocopy • pho·to·copi·er noun English Etymology photocopy photocopy (v.) 1924 in the sense of "make a photographic reproduction," from photo- "light" + copy (q.v.). The usual modern meaning arose 1942 with the advent of xerography. The noun is recorded from 1934. Photostat (1911) was a type of copying machine (trademark Commercial Camera Company, Providence, R.I.) whose name became a generic noun and verb (1914) for "photocopy." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ photocopy photo·copy / 5fEutEukCpi; NAmE 5foutoukB:pi / noun (also copy) (pl. -ies) a copy of a document, etc. made by the action of light on a specially treated surface 影印本；复印件: Make as many photocopies as you need. 你需要多少复印件就复印多少吧。 verb(photo·cop·ies, photo·copy·ing, photo·cop·ied, photo·cop·ied) (also copy especially in BrE) 1. to make a photocopy of sth 影印；复制；复印: ▪ [VN] a photocopied letter 复印的信 Can you get these photocopied for me by 5 o'clock? 你能不能在 5 点钟前把这些给我复印好？ ▪ [V] I seem to have spent most of the day photocopying. 我这一天的大部份时间似乎都花在复印上了。 2. [V] ~ well / badly (of printed material 印刷品) to produce a good / bad photocopy 影印得好/不好: The comments in pencil haven't photocopied very well. 用铅笔写的评语没有复印清楚。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English photocopy noun VERB + PHOTOCOPY do, make, run off, take Could you take a photocopy of this letter for me, please? OLT photocopy verb ⇨ copy photocopy noun ⇨ copy 1 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pho·to·copy I. \ˈfōd.ō+ˌ-\ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phot- + copy : a negative or positive photographic reproduction of graphic matter (as a drawing or printing) II. transitive verb : to make a photocopy of intransitive verb : to make a photocopy |
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