type

1. N-COUNT A type of something is a group of those things that have particular features in common. 類型; 種類

...several types of lettuce. …生菜的幾個品種。

There are various types of the disease. 該疾病有各種類型。

2. N-COUNT If you refer to a particular thing or person as a type of something more general, you are considering that thing or person as an example of that more general group. 某類 (人或事物)

Have you done this type of work before?

你以前做過這種工作嗎？

Rates of interest for this type of borrowing can be high. 這種貸款的利率可能會很高。

3. N-COUNT If you refer to a person as a particular type, you mean that they have that particular appearance, character, or type of behaviour. 具有某種特點的人

It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning. 這是第一次，我這樣一個皮膚白皙、有雀斑的人，頂著太陽航海而沒有曬傷。

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1. V-T/V-I If you type something, you use a typewriter or computer keyboard to write it. 打字

I can type your essays for you. 我可以爲你打文章。

I had never really learned to type properly. 我從未真正地學會正確地打字。

2. N-UNCOUNT Type is printed text as it appears in a book or newspaper, or the small pieces of metal that are used to create this. 印刷文字; 鉛字

The correction had already been set in type. 校正稿已經排好版了。

I can't read this small type. 我無法讀這種小號字躰。

3. →see also typing