| 单词 | scribe |
| 释义 | scribe (once / 1325 pages) 1n 2nv A scribe is a term for someone employed to make written copies of documents. Before printing was invented, the busy scribes in a village would write copies of all the legal documents. As a noun, scribe has several meanings. It's used as an informal term to refer to journalists. Scribe also refers to a sharply pointed tool used for marking wood or metal to be cut. As a verb, it means "to score a line on something with a pointed instrument." The master craftsmen instructed you to scribe a line on the piece of wood where he pointed, to mark the spot where he wanted it cut. WORD FAMILYscribe: circumscribe, scribed, scriber, scribes, scribing+/circumscribe: circumscribed, circumscribes, circumscribing, circumscription/circumscription: circumscriptions/scriber: scribers USAGE EXAMPLES“Death, death, and more death… this year just keeps getting worse and worse,” the Game of Thrones scribe wrote on his Live Journal blog yesterday. Time(Dec 28, 2016) Now, if you ask me, theologians are not too far removed from the insufferable cloistered scribes of the nation’s greatest newspaper. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) These comforting thoughts are the last that this columnist will offer you as Schumpeter, though not his last as a scribe for The Economist. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1n someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts Syn|Exp|Hyper copyist, scrivener Ezra a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem employee a worker who is hired to perform a job 2n informal terms for journalists 2Syn|Hyper penman, scribbler journalist a writer for newspapers and magazines 1n a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut Syn|Hyper scratch awl, scriber awl a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes 2v score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking Hyper mark, nock, score make small marks into the surface of Scribe (once / 12696 pages) n WORD FAMILY Scribe: Scribes USAGE EXAMPLESZachary James reads the Scribe’s narration with histrionic pomp and circumstance. Los Angeles Times(Nov 06, 2016) Elected to England’s Society of Scribes and Illuminators when she was just 22, Sheila Waters became one of the world’s greatest calligraphers. Washington Post(Nov 02, 2016) Scribes receive about three months of training from Augmedix before they can do the work, which is performed in sealed-off rooms. Washington Post(Sep 27, 2016) n French playwright (1791-1861) Syn|Exp Augustin Eugene Scribe dramatist, playwright someone who writes plays |
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