to mark a surface by pressing something hard into it

to fix an event or experience so firmly in the memory that it cannot be forgotten although you do not try to remember it

That look of grief would be imprinted on her mind forever. 那种悲伤的神情会永远印在她的脑海中。

the name of a publisher as it appears on a particular set of books

an occasion when an object presses on something and leaves a mark

The button had left an imprint on my arm. 这只纽扣在我的手臂上留下了一个印痕。

an occasion when an event or experience becomes fixed in someone's memory or leaves its mark in some way on their appearance

War has left its imprint on the strained faces of these people. 战争在这些人饱经沧桑的脸上留下了痕迹。