1.type用作动词的意思是“用打字机或文字处理机打印某文稿”，也可表示“将某人〔事物〕按类型划分”。
2.type作“打字”解时可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或wh-从句作宾语。有时可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词for的宾语。可用于被动结构。

type as(v.+prep.)
(把…)错打成 write (a letter, word, of figure) on the typewriter mistakenly in the form of (another letter, figure, or word)
▲type sth as sth
Look, you've typed “do” as “so”, and made nonsense of the whole sentence.瞧,你把do打成了so,这样一来句子就不通了。

type in(v.+adv.)
在已打好的材料上加入 add (letters, words, figures) to writing already typed
▲type sth⇔in
Can you type the additional figures in at the bottom of the page?你能在这页下面再加上这些数字吗?

type out(v.+adv.)
打出 make a typewritten copy of (words or figures)
▲type sth⇔out
When you type out the letter, it will take less space than this pencil copy.你用打字机把这封铅笔信打出后,篇幅要比原件少。

type up(v.+adv.)
打出清稿 make a last typewritten copy of (matter, often long)
▲type sth⇔up
Do I have to type up the whole play?我得打完整个剧本吗?

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
Can you type?你会打字吗?
I'm learning to type.我在学习打字。
Type quickly, a person obviously needs training.一个人要想打字打得快,显然需要训练。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
Mr. White is busy typing the examination paper.怀特先生正忙着打试卷。
Why did you type the letter when I could have done it for you easily by computer?我本可用计算机很方便地为你打这封信,你何必费心用打字机呢?
They have typed my blood.他们确定了我的血型。
The doctor was unable to type the rare disease.大夫不能确定这种罕见的病属于什么类型。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
This essay needs to be typed again.这篇文章需要重新打一遍。
▲S+～+wh-clause
Every day he typed what he composed.他每天都用打字机把他创作的作品打下来。
用作双宾动词
▲S+～+pron./n.+n./pron.
Shirley typed me this paper.雪莉给我打出了这篇论文。
▲S+～+n./pron.+for pron./n.
Would you please type these letters for me?请替我将这些信打出来好吗?

［同义词］ n.  kind, sort, species, stripe, variety, example, sample
［词源］  ＜拉丁语typus＜希腊语tupos(类型)

type表示“类型,种类”“有代表性的人、物、事等; 典型”时,常跟of连用。在美式英语中,常用type直接修饰名词表示某物的类型、种类,而不用type of。type还可表示“某种类型的人”。

revert to type
恢复原状 return to a natural or an original condition
Garden plants sometimes revert to type.园艺植物有时会恢复其原来的野生形态。
Once a socialist, she has now reverted to type and votes Tory like her parents.她一度信仰社会主义,但现在已回归家族传统,像她父母一样投票支持保守党了。

We can group animals into several types.我们可以把动物分成数种类型。
The land forms are related to these rock types.陆地的类型与这些岩型有关。
I dislike man of that type.我不喜欢那一类型的人。
Which type of tea do you prefer?你喜欢哪种茶?
A bungalow is a type of house.小平房是房子的一种类型。
Tom is an easygoing type of person who gets along well with everyone. 汤姆是那种随和的人,跟谁都合得来。
He is not the type of man to tell a lie.他不是那种爱撒谎的人。
She is above the ordinary type of servant.她在普通仆人之上。
This new type of air control will keep the fire in all night.这种新型的通风装置可使火整夜不熄。
There are several types of trees in the garden.花园里有好几种树。
It is a seedless type orange.这是一种无核橘。
This is just the type house I require.这正是我需要的那种房子。
This is just the type university I want to go to.这正是我希望就读的那一类型大学。
Bob is a fine type of schoolboy.鲍勃是男生的典范。
Lei Feng is a fine type of the youth.雷锋是青年人的榜样。
Norman Bethune was a fine type of internationalist.诺尔曼·白求恩是国际主义战士的典范。
Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots.亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
I don't think she's the artistic type.我认为她不属于艺术家那类人。
They were of the same type.他们是同类。
Wooden types are now used only for posters.木刻活字现仅用于印刷招贴。
Have you read the article with a title in italic type?你读了那篇斜体字标题的文章了吗?
The examples in that dictionary are in italic type.那本字典的例句是用斜体字印刷的。
The title of the article should be in bold type.这篇文章的标题应当用粗体字。
The wedding invitations were printed in fancy type.这些结婚请帖是用花式字体印刷的。
The book is printed in large type.此书是用大号字体印刷的。
The type in this book is so small that it is difficult to read.这本书字太小,读起来很费劲。
The edition is a limited one and the type has been distributed.此版印数有限而且已经拆版。
The material is now in type.这份资料在付印中。

type, description, kind, nature, sort
参见kind条。