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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Impress \Im*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impressed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Impressing}.] [L. impressus, p. p. of imprimere to
impress; pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See {Press} to
squeeze, and cf. {Imprint}.]
1. To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by
pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears
the impression).
His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
--Shak.
2. To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to
imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
3. Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to
the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own
hearts till we feel the force of them. --I. Watts.
4. [See {Imprest}, {Impress}, n., 5.] To take by force for
public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
The second five thousand pounds impressed for the
service of the sick and wounded prisoners. --Evelyn.
Impress \Im*press"\, v. i.
To be impressed; to rest. [Obs.]
Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress. --Chaucer.
Impress \Im"press\, n.; pl. {Impresses}.
1. The act of impressing or making.
2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the
image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if
by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.
The impresses of the insides of these shells.
--Woodward.
This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in
ice. --Shak.
3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South.
4. A device. See {Impresa}. --Cussans.
To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses
quaint. --Milton.
5. [See {Imprest}, {Press} to force into service.] The act of
impressing, or taking by force for the public service;
compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Why such impress of shipwrights? --Shak.
{Impress gang}, a party of men, with an officer, employed to
impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.
{Impress money}, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their
entering service, to men who have been impressed.
资料来源 : WordNet®
impress
n : the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: {impressment}]
v 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck
me as odd" [syn: {affect}, {move}, {strike}]
2: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her
audience"
3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother
tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn: {ingrain},
{instill}]
4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
you impress a design with wax" [syn: {imprint}]
5: reproduce by printing [syn: {print}]
6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
being drugged" [syn: {shanghai}]
7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: {yarn-dye}]