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italic

adjective
🔊/ɪˈtælɪk/
🔊/ɪˈtælɪk/
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  1. (of letters that are printed, written or on screen) leaning to the right斜体的
    • The example sentences in this dictionary are printed in italic type.本词典中的例句都是用斜体排印的。🔊🔊
    • Use an italic font.用斜体字。🔊🔊
    compare Roman
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryItalic is used with these nouns:
    • type
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘Italian’): via Latin from Greek Italikos, from Italia ‘Italy’. Senses relating to writing date from the early 17th cent.

Italic

adjective
🔊/ɪˈtælɪk/
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[only before noun] (specialist)
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  1. of or connected with the branch of Indo-European languages that includes Latin and some other ancient languages of Italy, and the Romance languages意大利语族的（包括拉丁语和其他一些古代意大利语以及罗曼诸语言）
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek Italikos, from Italia ‘Italy’.