1798, "method of printing from a plate," from French stéréotype (adj.) "printed by means of a solid plate of type," from Greek stereos "solid" (see stereo-) + French type "type" (see type (n.)). Meaning "a stereotype plate" is from 1817. Meaning "image perpetuated without change" is first recorded 1850, from the verb in this sense. Meaning "preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group" is recorded from 1922.
stereotype (v.)
1804, "to cast a stereotype plate," from stereotype (n.). From 1819 in the figurative sense "fix firmly or unchangeably." By 1953 as "assign preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group." Related: Stereotyped; stereotyping.
实用例句
1. It's wrong to stereotype people, as if they were all alike.
把人们看作都是一样的,这是错误的.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.
他是我心目中的典型教师.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. I am well aware that we all conform to one stereotype or another.
我们所有人都能找到某种与自己相似的模式化形象，这一点我很清楚。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Many men feel their body shape doesn't live up to the stereotype of the ideal man.
很多男人都觉得自己的体形不符合人们心目中惯有的理想男性形象。
来自柯林斯例句
5. There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.
