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italic [noun]
italic 作形容词时放在名词前，表示“斜体的”。
The teacher wrote the key words in italic letters.
老师用斜体字母写出了关键词。
斜体字；斜体
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
斜体字；斜体
an italic typeface or style of handwriting with letters slanting to the right
The teacher wrote the key words in italic letters.
老师用斜体字母写出了关键词。
一种字母向右倾斜的字体。
A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
一种斜体手写风格,如文艺复兴时期意大利书法家所用。
An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
In this document, please put the book title in italics.
在这份文档中，请用斜体标出书名。
The teacher asked us to write foreign words in italics.
老师要求我们把外来词用斜体书写。
The note was written entirely in italics, so I found it hard to read.
整张纸条都是用斜体写的，所以我发现它很难读。
italic 作形容词时放在名词前，表示“斜体的”。
The teacher wrote the key words in italic letters.
老师用斜体字母写出了关键词。
表示“用斜体”时，通常用复数形式 italics，与介词 in 搭配。
The title is printed in italics.
标题是用斜体印刷的。
put 也可换成 set、print 等动词，表示“用斜体排印”。
Please put the date in italics.
请把日期用斜体标出。
Not this
Please italic this word.
Use this
Please italicize this word.
italic 是形容词或名词，不是动词；表示“用斜体印刷”需要用动词 italicize，或改用 put ... in italics / use italics.
Not this
This title should be printed in italic.
Use this
This title should be printed in italics.
表示斜体字这一字体样式时，名词通常用复数形式 italics（如 in italics）；italic 作名词指单个斜体字符，作形容词时才说 italic type/letters.
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
用斜体
Please write the title in italics.
标题请用斜体书写。
斜体字体
The heading is set in italic type.
标题用斜体字排印。
斜体手写体
The letter was written in an elegant italic script.
这封信是用优雅的斜体手写体写的。
Use italic naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：italic 的字母都向右倾斜，像被风吹斜的一排树；再想到意大利比萨斜塔，也是“斜”的，见 italic 就想起斜体。
语域：neutral 常见场景：typography、manuscript editing、software UI settings 作名词时通常指斜体字或斜体排版（复数形式 italics），多用于排版、写作格式说明和软件界面。整体语气中性，正式与非正式场合均可用。
名词复数形式为 italics。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.