英语词汇“scrivener”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener

Recent Examples on the Web The name of the candidate omitted in the Voter Guide is highlighted in red to emphasize the scrivener’s error.

chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021 Her narrator’s final gesture, transforming herself into a piece of half-living art, echoes the odd and combative passivity of Herman Melville’s Bartleby, a scrivener who suddenly, inexplicably, refuses to perform his duties.

Alexandra Kleeman, Vanities, 2 July 2018 But the scrivener simply repeated the same five words, with no explanation for his conduct.

The Economist, 26 May 2018 In the short story by Herman Melville from which our new column takes its name, Bartleby was a scrivener—a dying art, nowadays.

The Economist, 26 May 2018 In 1727, when Benjamin Franklin was twenty-one, he and a few friends—among them a scrivener, a joiner, and two cobblers—formed a conversation club called the Junto.

Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2014 Almost always, Shakespeare’s plays become mirrors when held up to the moments in which they are produced; Ralph Crane the scrivener was only the first among many annotators.

Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2017 The difference between a merchant’s handwriting and a scrivener’s is clear enough, the one scrawled and bold, the other neat and careful.

Tim Parks, New York Times, 11 May 2016 Sporting an all-black outfit, the former scrivener for the Dead was the crowd favorite.

Y. Peter Kang, WIRED, 11 July 2000 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English scriveiner, alteration of scrivein, from Anglo-French escrivein, from Vulgar Latin *scriban-, scriba, alteration of Latin scriba scribe

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	scrivener
释义	scrivener noun scriv·en·er ˈskriv-nər ˈskri-və- 1 : a professional or public copyist or writer : scribe 2 : notary public Synonyms author litterateur littérateur pen penman scribe writer See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener Recent Examples on the Web The name of the candidate omitted in the Voter Guide is highlighted in red to emphasize the scrivener’s error. chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021 Her narrator’s final gesture, transforming herself into a piece of half-living art, echoes the odd and combative passivity of Herman Melville’s Bartleby, a scrivener who suddenly, inexplicably, refuses to perform his duties. Alexandra Kleeman, Vanities, 2 July 2018 But the scrivener simply repeated the same five words, with no explanation for his conduct. The Economist, 26 May 2018 In the short story by Herman Melville from which our new column takes its name, Bartleby was a scrivener—a dying art, nowadays. The Economist, 26 May 2018 In 1727, when Benjamin Franklin was twenty-one, he and a few friends—among them a scrivener, a joiner, and two cobblers—formed a conversation club called the Junto. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2014 Almost always, Shakespeare’s plays become mirrors when held up to the moments in which they are produced; Ralph Crane the scrivener was only the first among many annotators. Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2017 The difference between a merchant’s handwriting and a scrivener’s is clear enough, the one scrawled and bold, the other neat and careful. Tim Parks, New York Times, 11 May 2016 Sporting an all-black outfit, the former scrivener for the Dead was the crowd favorite. Y. Peter Kang, WIRED, 11 July 2000 See More Word History Etymology Middle English scriveiner, alteration of scrivein, from Anglo-French escrivein, from Vulgar Latin scriban-, scriba, alteration of Latin scriba* scribe First Known Use 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Legal Definition scrivener noun scriv·en·er ˈskri-və-nər : a professional or public copyist or writer of official or formal documents (as deeds or contracts) History and Etymology for scrivener Middle English, alteration of scriveyn, from Anglo-French escrivein, ultimately from Latin scriba public record keeper, from scribere to write scrivener noun 1 as in writer a person who creates a written work the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance writer author pen novelist penman poet scribe storyteller biographer litterateur scribbler woman of letters littérateur blogger wordsmith screenwriter man of letters reporter belletrist fictioneer ghostwriter columnist playwright hagiographer stylist fictionist autobiographer pamphleteer essayist memoirist memorialist fabulist journalist dramatist hack cowriter coauthor versifier newspaperman bard auteur scriptwriter scenarist sportswriter belle-lettrist romancer hatchet man satirist rhymer coscenarist wordmonger proser prosaist paragrapher prosateur Antonyms & Near Antonyms nonauthor 2 as in scribe one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener Synonyms & Similar Words scribe amanuensis penman copyist calligrapher
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