名詞 imprint:

1. a distinctive influence
2. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
   同義詞：depression, impression
3. an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page
4. an impression produced by pressure or printing
   同義詞：embossment
5. a device produced by pressure on a surface

動詞 imprint:

1. establish or impress firmly in the mind
   同義詞：form
2. mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
   同義詞：impress

1. A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
   化石埋置并保存于地層中的古生物遺體、遺物和其生活遺址，如骨骸、葉子的印痕等
2. Her face bore the deep imprint of suffering.
   她的臉上帶著受過苦難的深深的痕跡。

im.print

v.tr.（及物動詞）
im.print.ed,im.print.ing,im.prints
To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
印，蓋?。河昧υ诒砻嫔霞佑。酥净驁D案）
To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
通過壓在（表面）作戳記
To impart a strong or vivid impression of:
使銘記于心：給…留下深刻或生動的印象：
例句：
.We imprint our own ideas onto acts.(Ellen Goodman)
.我們將自己的想法銘記于心.(埃倫·古德曼)

To fix firmly, as in the mind:
銘刻；牢記：
例句：
He tried to imprint the number on his memory.
他試圖把那個號碼牢牢記住

n.（名詞）

A mark or pattern produced by imprinting.See Synonyms at impression
壓印產(chǎn)生的痕跡或圖案參見 impression
A distinguishing influence or effect:
顯著的影響或結(jié)果：
例句：
Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.
留著伊斯蘭統(tǒng)治的印記的西班牙建筑

A publisher`s name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.
標記：出版者的名字，往往和出版日期、地址和版本及一起印在印刷品的扉頁的底部

來源：
Middle English emprenten
中古英語 emprenten
from Old French empreinter
源自 古法語 empreinter
from empreinte [impression] [from feminine past participle of] empreindre [to print]
源自 empreinte [印象] [] 源自empreindre的陰性過去分詞 [印刷]
from Latin imprimere [to impress] * see impress
源自 拉丁語 imprimere [壓印] *參見 impress