type
英 [taɪp]
美[taɪp]
	    - n. 类型,品种;模范;样式
 - vt. 打字;测定(血等)类型
 - vi. 打字
 - n. (Type)人名;(英)泰普
 
英英释意
- 1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing;
 - "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
 
- 2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);
 - "a real character"
 - "a strange character"
 - "a friendly eccentric"
 - "the capable type"
 - "a mental case"
 
- 3. (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
 
- 4. printed characters;
 - "small type is hard to read"
 
- 5. a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper;
 - "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"
 
- 6. all of the tokens of the same symbol;
 - "the word `element' contains five different types of character"