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2009.05.27
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STAMP (PAD) / SEAL
スタンプ（台）、印、スタンプを押す／（公式の）印
- A stamp (noun) is a tool that you press onto an object in order to put an ink mark - such as a design, name, or other words - on the object. It's also the mark made by such a tool.
To stamp (verb) an object is to put a mark on an object using a stamp.
A stamp pad is a thick piece of soft material soaked with ink that's used to put ink on a stamp.
A seal is an official mark or “signature” that is stamped on important documents to show that they're legal or have been approved. - 名詞の stamp は、ある物にデザインや名前、他の言葉などのしるしをインクで付けるために、物に押し付ける道具、つまりスタンプ、印のことです。また、そのような道具によって付けられたしるしのこともさします。
動詞の stamp は、スタンプを使って物にしるしを付ける、つまり、スタンプを押す、という意味です。
stamp pad は、スタンプにインクを付けるために使う、インクを含ませた柔らかい素材、つまり、スタンプ台のことです。
seal は、重要な文書が法的なもの、または承認されたものであることを証明するために、文書に押される公式の標章やサインのことです。
- (one clerk to another)
Have you seen the date stamp? I need to process these new applications that just came in. - The man at Immigration forgot to stamp my passport.
- Make sure you put the word DRAFT in red ink on the front cover of each report. I'll give you a rubber stamp and a stamp pad to use.
- In Japan, businesspeople usually sign documents with a personal seal instead of a signature.
- He has a framed copy of his MBA diploma stamped with the university seal above his desk.
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