(historical)a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented (史)(尤指印刷术发明前的)书吏,抄写员 ■(informal, often humorous)a writer, especially a journalist (非正式,常幽默)作者(尤指记者)
(亦作 Scribe)(Jewish History)an ancient Jewish record-keeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist (犹太史)古犹太记事员;档案编制保管员(后也指职业神学家及法学家)
(亦作 scribe awl)a pointed instrument used for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw or in signwriting 划线器
verb [withobj.]
(chieflypoetic/literary)write (主诗/文)写 he scribed a note that he passed to Dan. 他写了一张便条递给了丹。
mark with a pointed instrument 用尖物画线
派生 scribal adjective 语源
Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun): from Latin scriba, from scribere 'write'. The verb was first used in the sense 'write down'; in sense 2 it is perhaps partly a shortening of describe