- (also formal postage stamp)[countable]
a small piece of paper with a design on it that you buy and stick on an envelope or a package before you post it 邮票 
a 67p stamp 一枚 62 便士的邮票 Could I have three first-class stamps, please? 请给我拿三张第一类邮件的邮票。 He has been collecting stamps since he was eight. 他从八岁开始集邮。 a stamp album 集邮册 The Post Office has issued a commemorative stamp to mark the event. 邮局发行了一枚纪念邮票来纪念这一事件。
Extra ExamplesDon't forget to put a stamp on. 别忘了贴邮票。 She stuck a first-class stamp on the letter. 她把一枚第一类邮件邮票贴在信上。 The Post Office has launched some new Christmas stamps. 邮局发行了一些新的圣诞节邮票。 The stamps were issued in 1863. 这些邮票发行于 1863 年。 a book of ten first-class stamps 一封10 枚的第一类邮件邮票
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- postage
- first-class
- second-class
- …
- book
- set
- sheet
- …
- put
- put on
- stick
- …
- album
- collecting
- collection
- …
- [countable]
a tool for printing the date or a design or mark onto a surface 印；章；戳 a date stamp 日期戳
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
- date
- time
- …
- stamp of approval
- [countable]
a design or words made by stamping something onto a surface 印记；戳记 The passports, with the visa stamps, were waiting at the embassy. 那些护照都加盖了签证章，在大使馆等待领取。 - (figurative)
The project has the government's stamp of approval. 工程已获得政府批准。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
- date
- time
- …
- stamp of approval
- [countable]
a small piece of paper with a design on it, stuck on a document to show that a particular amount of money has been paid 印花 a TV licence stamp 电视收视许可证印花
- [singular] stamp (of something) (formal)
the mark or sign of a particular quality or person 特征；痕迹；烙印 Extra ExamplesPresident Reagan left an indelible stamp on the nation. 里根总统给国家留下了不可磨灭的烙印。 She left her stamp on the school. 她在学校留下了自己的印记。 His work bears the unmistakable stamp of genius. 他的作品清楚地展示出他的天才。 He has a new chance to put his stamp on policy. 他有一个新的机会在政策上留下自己的印记。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- unmistakable
- indelible
- …
- bear
- carry
- leave on
- …
- stamp of
- [singular] (formal)
a kind or class, especially of people 类型，种类（尤指人） men of a different stamp 另一类人
- [singular]
an act or sound of stamping the foot 跺脚（声）；跺蹄（声）
on letter/package信函；包裹
printing tool印章
printed design/words印记
proof of payment付款证明
character/quality特征；特性
of foot脚
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘crush to a powder’): of Germanic origin; related to German stampfen ‘stamp with the foot’; reinforced by Old French estamper ‘to stamp’. Compare with stomp.