type

noun

1. a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end
produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper

e.g. he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up

2. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

e.g. what type of sculpture do you prefer?

3. all of the tokens of the same symbol

e.g. the word `element' contains five different types of character

4. printed characters

e.g. small type is hard to read

5. (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

6. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

e.g. a real character
a strange character
a friendly eccentric
the capable type
a mental case

Synonym: charactereccentriccase

verb

1. identify as belonging to a certain type

e.g. Such people can practically be typed

Synonym: typecast

2. write by means of a keyboard with types

e.g. type the acceptance letter, please

Synonym: typewrite

类别;种类（SORT OR KIND）

1. 类型;种类;品种
A type of something is a group of those things that have particular features in common.

e.g. …several types of lettuce…
几个不同品种的莴苣
e.g. There are various types of the disease...
该疾病有各种类型。

2. 一种，一类（人或事物）
If you refer to a particular thing or person as a type of something more general, you are considering that thing or person as an example of that more general group.

e.g. Have you done this type of work before?...
你以前做过这种活儿吗？
e.g. Rates of interest for this type of borrowing can be high...
这种类型的借款利率可能会很高。

3. 具有…特点的人；…类型的人
If you refer to a person as a particular type, you mean that they have that particular appearance, character, or way of behaving.

type的解释

e.g. It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning...
身为那种皮肤白皙而又长雀斑的人，这是我第一次在阳光下航行而没有被晒伤。
e.g. I was rather an outdoor type…
我是那种特别喜欢户外运动的人。

4. …不感兴趣的类型;并非…喜欢的类型
If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive.

e.g. At first I thought he was rather ordinary looking, a little chubby, not my type...
刚开始我认为他相貌很普通，有点胖乎乎的，并非我喜欢的类型。
e.g. I'm not his type. I am probably too strong a character.
我不是他喜欢的类型。大概我性格太要强了。

5. see also: blood type

书写;印刷（WRITING AND PRINTING）

1. 用打字机(或文字处理器)打(字)
If you type something, you use a typewriter or word processor to write it.

type的翻译

e.g. I can type your essays for you...
我可以帮你把文章打出来。
e.g. I had never really learnt to type properly...
我从来没真正学会怎样正确打字。

2. 印刷文字;铅字;活字
Type is printed text as it appears in a book or newspaper, or the small pieces of metal that are used to create this.

e.g. The correction had already been set in type.
那处修正已经出现在铅字纸上。

3. see also: typing

相关词组：type intype outtype up

1. type的近义词

1. 文字：indesign中文字(type)轮廓曲线方向的描述方式与物件(object)轮廓曲线方向的描述方式不同,这就导致边框的文字转曲线以后外观发生变化.

2. 形态：他们都是指定形态 (type)用的符号,如同 perldata里所详述的:考值 (reference)取代了. 这是用来从一个档案把手 (filehandle)里输入一份记录注意 不是用来指定档案的形态,亦非此把手的名字. 它只是 将这个运算子用在 FILE这个把手上.