柯林斯英汉双解大词典

kern (also kerne)

kern /kɜːn/

kern /kɜːn/

1.N the part of the character on a piece of printer's type that projects beyond the body 铅字面突出部分

2.V to furnish (a typeface) with a kern 使(铅字面)上下突出

1.N a lightly armed foot soldier in medieval Ireland or Scotland 中世纪爱尔兰或苏格兰的轻武器步兵

1.N the central area of a wall, column, etc, through which all compressive forces pass 墙、柱子等的断面核 [engineering]