| 词汇 | compositor |
| 释义 | compositor noun[ C ] uk /kəmˈpɒz.ɪ.tər/ us /kəmˈpɑː.zɪ.t̬ɚ/ a person whose job is to arrange the letters, words, sentences, etc. of a book or a magazine before it is printed排字工人，排版工人 Publishing: printing & word processing 3-D printing backspace bed boldface boldfaced bolding indent indentation inline intaglio printing italic print on demand print run print something out printed printing rubber stamp typography unpublished xerography You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who work in publishing Fifty compositors were busily setting up a book which the ordinance of the government had decisively forbidden under heavy penalties. He could not earn much as a compositor, but his wants were simple and he could earn something. He soon mastered the compositor's art, became a remarkably rapid composer. I found the editor and his compositor labouring over the next edition of the paper. The letters, two W's, were so skilfully entwined, that even a compositor—and compositors are people who can read almost anything—would have been puzzled to decipher it. Examples of compositorcompositor Strange guardians of the arcane, compositors got by, but have been swept aside by a new world. On the other hand, contains a compositor. For many printers, compositors and others who work in the printing trade, it is the custom to refer to a magazine as a book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I went into the pantry which was like a compositor's place, where they pull out the shelves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Seven men, who are by occupation compositors, are employed under the committee's control by two firms of printers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not belong to the people working in the industry, whether proprietors, editors, journalists or compositors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I stand by my assertion that entry into the compositors' union is not free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A typical pay slip for a compositor on a three-day week doing 24 hours is £700. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the money shared out among the compositors for the advertising copy that they never set. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why do we not have to define the work of a compositor, and pass legislation so that the interests of compositors may be safeguarded? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could apply to the whole of the newspaper industry—to the printers, to the compositors; they could even apply to those who supply newsprint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The compositors and printers were not disposed to give copyright at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know the old instance of the compositor who loses a finger: he can never return to his old occupation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should have thought the compositors had all gone off their heads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Compositors and piece-rate workers earn up to £50,000 a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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