coloured liquid for writing, drawing and printing 墨水;墨汁;油墨 - in ink
written in ink 用墨水写的 different coloured inks 各种颜色的墨水 a pen and ink drawing 钢笔画
Extra ExamplesTopics Artb2Allow the ink to dry. 等墨水晾干。 Be careful. The ink is still wet. 当心,油墨还没干。 He wrote very neatly in blue ink. 他是用蓝墨水书写的,字迹很工整。 Most people now use ballpoints rather than ink. 现在多数人舍弃钢笔而使用圆珠笔了。 The drawback of this printer is that the ink tends to smudge. 这台打印机的缺点是油墨容易弄花。 There were several alterations in ink. 有几处钢笔改动的地方。 We need to replace the ink cartridge in the printer. 我们需要更换打印机的墨盒了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wet
- coloured/colored
- black
- …
- use
- write in
- apply
- …
- dry
- blot
- spot
- stain
- …
- in ink
- pen and ink
Word OriginMiddle English enke, inke, from Old French enque, via late Latin from Greek enkauston, denoting the purple ink used by Roman emperors for signatures, from enkaiein ‘burn in’.- in ink