italic

italic
[ɪˈtalɪk]
adjective
  1. (Printing)of the sloping kind of typeface used especially for emphasis or distinction and in foreign words
    (印刷)(用于表示强调、区别或外来词)斜体的
    ■(of handwriting) modelled on 16th-century Italian handwriting, typically cursive and sloping and with elliptical or pointed letters
    (书写)意大利古书写体的
noun
  1. (亦作italics)[mass noun]an italic typeface or letter
    斜体;斜体字
    the key words are in italics.
    关键词使用斜体。
语源
  1. late 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
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