单词 | rewriter |
释义 | rewritern. 1. A person who revises or rewrites something. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > critical revision of text > one who supervisor1592 overseer1597 revisor1598 reviser1604 recognizer1608 reformeress1611 reviewer1611 new-modeller1649 reformer1656 diaskeuast1822 recensor1827 recensionist1849 rewriter1854 1854 G. W. Greene in J. Addison Wks. IV. 206 This stanza is an addition of the modern editor, or rather rewriter. 1912 Collier's 28 Sept. 17/2 By all the earmarks it was a ‘three head’ to be laconically telephoned into a ‘rewriter’ who would dutifully chronicle the event in 100 words. 1934 E. Blunden Choice or Chance 51 Rewriters, novelists and mirth-provokers. 2000 Independent 1 Aug. (Network Plus section) 5/2 The five stories from his later life are a different matter. Carver was an obsessive rewriter, sometimes going through 30 or more drafts of a story until he was satisfied. 2. Computing and Electronics. An optical drive capable of writing data to a rewritable optical disk.Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the type of disk supported by the drive. ΚΠ 1996 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) 17 Nov. f6/7 Several companies plan to release CD-rewriters, which let you correct mistakes without throwing the disk away. Basic CD-writers on the market don't allow any glitches. 2003 B. F. Thompson PC Hardware in Nutshell (ed. 3) xii. 401 All DVD writers and rewriters can read DVD-ROM discs, but each records to its own type of disc. 2009 News of World (Nexis) 11 Jan. 54 They'll fit into a handbag but provide all the services you'd expect from a home computer—except a disc player or rewriter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854 |
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