imprint

跡、刻印

物を押し付けて表面に残した跡や、人に長く残る影響。

やさしい英語で： A mark made by pressing something onto a surface, or a lasting effect on someone.

• There was a boot imprint in the mud.
• The fabric showed the imprint of her hand.
• His childhood left a lasting imprint on his writing.

使い方： imprint of something (The mud held the imprint of a small shoe.); imprint on something (The experience left an imprint on her memory.)

類義語： impression, mark

よく使う表現： an imprint of, leave an imprint, lasting imprint

ロゴ、マーク

会社や製品を見分けるための特別な印や図柄。

やさしい英語で： A special mark or design that identifies a company or product.

• The shirt has a company imprint.
• A gold imprint decorated the box.
• Each bag carried the same distinctive imprint.

類義語： logo, mark, emblem

よく使う表現： company imprint, gold imprint, bear an imprint

出版事項、出版ブランド

本に記された出版社名や出版情報。また、出版社やその出版ブランド。

やさしい英語で： A publisher’s name and printed details in a book; also a publisher or one of its brands.

• The imprint appears on the title page.
• Her novel came out under a small imprint.
• The company launched two new imprints for children’s books.

類義語： colophon, imprimatur

よく使う表現： publishing imprint, new imprint, publisher’s imprint

刻印する、押印する

押し付けたり印刷したりして、表面に印や絵、模様を付けること。

やさしい英語で： To put a mark, picture, or design onto a surface by pressing or printing it.

• They imprint names on mugs.
• The stamp imprinted a flower on the paper.
• Can you imprint these bags with our logo?

使い方： imprint something on something (They imprint the design on cotton.); imprint something with something (We imprint each envelope with your initials.)

類義語： stamp, print

よく使う表現： imprint a logo, imprint something on, imprint something with