印刷术英文介绍

火药：power指南针：compass造纸术：paper-making活字印刷：movable type

"四大发明”英文名为“TheFourGreatInventions”; 火药:power, 指南针:compass, 造纸 :paper-making,印刷:movable type.

中国四大发明的英文：The four great inventions of ancient China

一、 invention

英 [ɪn'venʃ(ə)n]  美 [ɪn'vɛnʃən]

n. 发明；发明物；虚构；发明才能

Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press.

自从发明了印刷机，这种变革还没有出现过。

二、ancient

英 [ˈeɪnʃənt]  美 [ˈenʃənt]

adj. 古代的；古老的，过时的；年老的

n. 古代人；老人

They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.

他们认为古代希腊罗马是知识的重要发源地。

具体四大发明的英文：

1、papermaking

美 [ˈpæpərˌmeɪkɪŋ]

造纸；造纸术；抄造；抄纸；第五章纸的抄造

Straw can be used both for fodder and for papermaking.

草可以做饲料，也可以造纸。

2、gunpowder

英 [ˈɡʌnpaʊdə(r)]   美 [ˈɡʌnpaʊdər]

n.火药

Gunpowder was used in China as far back as the 11th century.

远在公元11世纪，中国已使用火药。

3、printing techniques

英 [ˈprɪntɪŋ tɛkˈniːks]   美 [ˈprɪntɪŋ tɛkˈniks]

印刷技术；印刷术

In the future, we will have a better a better understanding if our world through the effect of globalization, new media, cheaper printing techniques and so on.

在未来，透过全球化的影响、新媒体、更廉价的印刷技术，我们将有一个更好的更深入的了解我们的世界。

4、compass

英 [ˈkʌmpəs]  美 [ˈkʌmpəs]

n.罗盘；罗经；指南针；罗盘仪；圆规；两脚规；范围；范畴；界限

Without a compass, it is easy to lose one's bearings in the woods.

在森林中没有指南针是容易迷失方向的。

Movable typeMovable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation). The first known movable type system was invented in China by Bi Sheng out of ceramic between 1041 and 1048 AD. Metal movable type was first invented in Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty (around 1230). This led to the printing of the Jikji in 1377 - today the world's oldest extant movable metal print book.Neither movable type system was widely used, probably because of the enormous amount of labour involved in manipulating the thousands of ceramic tablets, or in the case of Korea, metal tablets, required by the use of Chinese characters.Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg introduced what is generally regarded as an independent invention of movable type in Europe (see printing press), along with innovations in casting the type based on a matrix and hand mould. Gutenberg was the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin and antimony—the same components still used today.[1]Compared to woodblock printing, movable type pagesetting was quicker and more durable for alphabetic scripts. The metal type pieces were more durable and the lettering was more uniform, leading to typography and fonts. The high quality and relatively low price of the Gutenberg Bible (1455) established the superiority of movable type, and printing presses rapidly spread across Europe, leading up to the Renaissance, and later all around the world. Today, practically all movable type printing ultimately derives from Gutenberg's movable type printing, which is often regarded as the most important invention of the second millennium

[老外课堂]中国古代四大发明是如何改变世界的