printing

UK/'printiŋ/US

IELTSA2

Definitions

The process or business of producing printed material

印刷；印刷业

A particular issue of all the copies of a book printed at one time

（一本书的）一次印刷，印次

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

printpress, imprint, mark

-ingcontinuous / action of

=printing

print + -ing = the act, process, or trade of printing. Also names one production run of a book ('the third printing'). The invention of the printing press transformed how knowledge spread.

Root print still carries 6 more words

Common Collocations

1.printing press印刷机
2.3D printing3D打印
3.printing industry印刷业
4.printing costs印刷成本

Example Sentences

1.
The printing of the new edition took three weeks.
2.
The printing press changed the course of history.

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