graphic

英 ['gr?f?k] 美['gr?f?k]

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復(fù)數(shù):?graphics;

graphic: graphic: [17] The profoundest influence that Greek gráphein ‘write’ has had on English has no doubt been through its combining form -graphos, which has provided us with a whole host of words, both original Greek formations and new English ones, from autograph to telegraph. But descendants in their own right include graphic (which came via Latin graphicus from the Greek derivative graphikós), graphite [18] (originally coined in German as graphit, from its being used in writing implements), and graph [19] (short for graphic formular, a term used in chemistry for a diagram representing in lines the relationship between elements).

Greek gráphein itself originally meant ‘scratch’ (it is etymologically related to English carve); it was applied to early methods of writing, by scratching on clay tablets with a stylus, and kept its job when writing technology moved on.
=> carve, graft, graph, graphite
graphic (adj.): "vivid, describing accurately ," 1660s (graphically "vividly" is from 1570s), from Latin graphicus "picturesque," from Greek graphikos "of or for writing, belonging to drawing, picturesque," from graphe "writing, drawing," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy). Meaning "pertaining to drawing" is from 1756. Meaning "pertaining to the use of diagrams" is from 1866. Related: Graphically. Graphic design is attested by 1956. Graphic equalizer is from 1969.

1. She asked her son, a graphic designer, to create letterheads and stationery.: 她請(qǐng)做平面設(shè)計(jì)師的兒子設(shè)計(jì)了信頭和信箋。

2. The book gave a graphic description of the war.: 這本書生動(dòng)地描述了戰(zhàn)爭的情況.

3. The Agriculture Department today released a new graphic to replace the old symbol.: 農(nóng)業(yè)部今天發(fā)布了一個(gè)新圖標(biāo)以取代舊標(biāo)志。

4. It can handle even the most complex graphic jobs, freeing up your computer for other tasks.: 它可以處理哪怕是最復(fù)雜的圖形作業(yè)，空出計(jì)算機(jī)以便用于其他任務(wù)。

5. The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present.: 展覽追溯了美國從19世紀(jì)至今的平面設(shè)計(jì)歷史。