n.

1. 类型，型式，样式[C][（+of）]
   What type of house would you prefer to live in?

   你喜爱住哪一类房子？

2. 典型；榜样[C]
   He is a perfect type of pedant.

   他是个十足的书呆子典型。

3. 标志；象征；符号[C]
4. 【印】铅字，活字；字体[U][C]
5. 【口】具有某种特点的人；古怪的人[C]
6. （奖章，硬币等的）图案[C]
7. 【俚】打字机[C]

vt.

1. 作为……的典型
2. 测定（血等的）类型
   It is absolutely necessary to type the patient's blood before a blood transfusion.

   输血前测定病人的血型是绝对必要的。

3. 把……分类[（+as）]
4. 用打字机打
   Please type this letter for me.

   请替我把这封信用打字机打出来。

vi.

1. 打字
   The young girl types well.

   这小姑娘打字打得很好。

n.

1. a category of people or things having common characteristics.
   ▸informal a person of a specified character or nature:

   two sporty types in tracksuits.
   ▸Linguistics  an abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit. Contrasted with token.
2. a person or thing symbolizing or exemplifying the defining characteristics of something.
3. printed characters or letters.
   ▸a piece of metal with a raised letter or character on its upper surface, for use in letterpress printing.
   ▸such pieces collectively.
4. a design on either side of a medal or coin.
5. Theology  a foreshadowing in the Old Testament of a person or event of the Christian dispensation.

v.

1. write using a typewriter or computer.
2. Medicine  determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs.