| 单词 | to write in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto write in to write in ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Kings Prol. l. 78 Þerfore Sapiens þat comunly is writyn in of Salamon & of Jesu þe sone of Syrak & þe booc of Judith & tobie & pastor ben not in þe canown. 2. a. transitive. To insert (words or information) into a document, list, etc. Cf. sense 16e.In quot. c1384: to inscribe (words) on a surface. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > insert in writing to write inc1384 insert1533 set1535 ascribe1648 append1843 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xxi. 12 It hadde a wal..and in the ȝatis of it twelue aungels, and names writun in. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 42 A book of papyr to wryte in expensis. 1546 S. Gardiner Detection Deuils Sophistrie f. xxxviv Bicause it is worthye many readynges, I haue ben the rather persuaded, to write in, the originall in greke. 1797 Christie's Catal. Hogarth's Wks. 5 1. Portrait of Hogarth with a dog. 2. Ditto, the head touched upon by Hogarth, and the name, &c. written in by himself. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. 108 All the great scenes have been written in by him. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags liv. 390 It was a moment's work to write in the other name [on a pardon]. 1903 Athenæum 3 Jan. 10/2 The date is written in by the rubricator. 2008 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 1 a Jahnke allegedly whited out BAC (Burnsville Athletic Club) on checks and wrote in his name. b. transitive. Originally U.S. To insert (the name of an unlisted person) on a ballot, as the candidate of one's choice. Cf. write-in n., write-in adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > enter name of unlisted candidate to write in1920 1920 Woman Citizen (N.Y.) 1 May 1213/2 You did not want to vote for him. You scratched out his name and you wrote in the name of the Democratic candidate. 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 23 Aug. 2/2 He knew nothing of the circulation of cards in the Middle West urging voters to write in Smith's name on the Presidential ballot. 1957 Ann. Reg. 1956 174 Democratic voters ‘wrote in’ their preference for Mr. Stevenson over Senator Kefauver in the proportions of 8 to 5. 2018 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 13 Apr. c9 I just voted for the all-time Kent State baseball team and your name wasn't on the ballot. I was going to write in your name but there was no place for it. 3. a. intransitive. To send a letter or similar communication to a newspaper, business, or other organization, typically with a request, suggestion, etc.Apparently originally in theatrical contexts. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > write a letter [verb (intransitive)] writeOE epistolize1650 to write in1834 letter1861 1834 New Monthly Mag. May 51 The time that elapsed between his last application to Drury-lane and his appearance was many months, for he ‘wrote in’, as it is termed, from Exeter about the early part of the summer of 1813, acted first in London, January 26th, 1814. 1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing ix. 209 It's a mystery, that paper... The types that write in are amazing. 1957 M. McCarthy in New Yorker 23 Mar. 76/2 I wrote in for a Vogue pattern to make a tennis dress. 1972 Listener 28 Dec. 904/3 If anyone else doesn't know.…write in and I'll explain. 2013 T. Thorn Bedsit Disco Queen 314 Q thought this was hilarious, that a band would actually write in to the letters page to slag off their own record. b. transitive. To send (a letter) to a newspaper, business, or other organization; to submit. ΚΠ 1903 Evening News (Portsmouth) 2 Feb. (Fourth ed.) 3/6 l am glad one of your readers wrote in his letter inquiring why lamp-posts had been put up but no lights. 1928 Publishers' Weekly 14 July 183 The customers..were not slow about writing in their suggestions. 2020 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Oct. (T.V. & Radio section) There was also an episode on testicular cancer where a viewer wrote in a letter after it was aired saying that they had tested themselves while watching. < as lemmas |
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