scribe

scribe
noun
  1. (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)
  2. (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)
  3. (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.]
  1. (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。
  2. mark with a pointed instrument
    用尖物画线
派生
scribal
adjective
语源
  1. 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
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