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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, n. [Stereo- + -type: cf. F.
   st['e]r['e]otype.]
   1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of
      an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically,
      a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.

   Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting
         movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a
         cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the
         like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured,
         which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column,
         from which the impression is taken as from type.

   2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing
      work by means of them.

   {Stereotype block}, a block, usually of wood, to which a
      stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing.

Stereotype \Ste"re*o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stereotyped};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Stereotyping}.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.]
   1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the
      stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.

   2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.

            Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate
            the poverty of old conditions.        --Duke of
                                                  Argyll (1887).

资料来源 : WordNet®

stereotype
     n : a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional
         stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
     v : treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was
         stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: {pigeonhole},
          {stamp}]