type

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

...several types of lettuce. …生菜的几个品种。

There are various types of the disease. 该疾病有各种类型。

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. 某类 (人或事物)

Have you done this type of work before?

你以前做过这种工作吗？

Rates of interest for this type of borrowing can be high. 这种贷款的利率可能会很高。

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. 具有某种特点的人

It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning. 这是第一次，我这样一个皮肤白皙、有雀斑的人，顶着太阳航海而没有晒伤。

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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. 我可以为你打文章。

I had never really learned to type properly. 我从未真正地学会正确地打字。

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; 铅字

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

I can't read this small type. 我无法读这种小号字体。

3. →see also typing