printing press

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing

ˈprinting press (also printing machine) noun [countable]   TCNa machine that prints newspapers, books etc 印刷机 SYN press

Examples from the Corpus

printing press• Pupils learn about how a printing press works.• But what if the employee of a printing press that prints the forthcoming publicity documents buys Superman stock before the public announcement?• Rotary press a web or reel fed printing press which uses a curved printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder.• The documents travel from printing press to wastepaper basket in one uninterrupted motion.• Television and its congeners have begun to reverse the process that started with the invention of the printing press.• The printing press was still quite new, and Foxe understood the propaganda value of books in an age hungry for print.

ˈprinting press nounChineseSyllable  

a etc prints that newspapers, books Corpus machine

printing press
ˈprinting press (also ˈprinting maˌchine) noun [countable]

a machine that prints newspapers, books etc
   SYN  press

printing pressBrE /ˈprɪntɪŋ pres/ 🔊NAmE /ˈprɪntɪŋ pres/ 🔊 nouna machine that produces books, newspapers, etc. by pressing a surface covered in ink onto paper 印刷机