English Dictionary

etch

IPA（発音記号）

/ɛt͡ʃ/

動詞

比喩的用法

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

日本語の意味

酸や他の腐食性物質を用いて表面に模様を刻む行為。印刷板制作の技法として最も知られており、金属の装飾や現代産業における回路基板の製造にも用いられる。

The artist used acid to etch delicate floral patterns onto the copper plate for the print.

その芸術家は版画のために酸を使って銅板の表面を腐食させ、繊細な花模様を刻み込んだ。

意味（1）

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

意味（2）

To engrave a surface.

意味（3）

(figuratively) To make a lasting impression.

The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.

意味（4）

To sketch; to delineate.

There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

etches （ present singular third-person ）

etching （ participle present ）

etched （ participle past ）

etched （ past ）