- (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 郵票 a 67p stamp 一枚 62 便士的郵票 Could I have three first-class stamps, please? 請給我拿三張第一類郵件的郵票。 He has been collecting stamps since he was eight. 他從八歲開始集郵。 a stamp album 集郵冊 The Post Office has issued a commemorative stamp to mark the event. 郵局發行了一枚紀念郵票來紀念這一事件。
Extra ExamplesDon't forget to put a stamp on. 别忘了貼郵票。 She stuck a first-class stamp on the letter. 她把一枚第一類郵件郵票貼在信上。 The Post Office has launched some new Christmas stamps. 郵局發行了一些新的聖誕節郵票。 The stamps were issued in 1863. 這些郵票發行於 1863 年。 a book of ten first-class stamps 一封10 枚的第一類郵件郵票
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 印記;戳記 The passports, with the visa stamps, were waiting at the embassy. 那些護照都加蓋了簽證章,在大使館等待領取。 - (figurative)
The project has the government's stamp of approval. 工程已獲得政府批準。
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 電視收視許可證印花
- [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. 裏根總統給國家留下了不可磨滅的烙印。 She left her stamp on the school. 她在學校留下了自己的印記。 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. 他有一個新的機會在政策上留下自己的印記。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- unmistakable
- indelible
- …
- bear
- carry
- leave on
- …
- stamp of
- [singular] (formal)
a kind or class, especially of people 類型,種類(尤指人) men of a different stamp 另一類人
- [singular]
an act or sound of stamping the foot 跺腳(聲);跺蹄(聲)
on letter/package信函;包裹
printing tool印章
printed design/words印記
proof of payment付款證明
character/quality特征;特性
of foot腳
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.