单词 | autograph |
释义 | autograph (once / 1612 pages) nv If you sign your name on something, you autograph it. You have to autograph a check before it can be cashed. An autograph is a signature. Famous people are asked for their autographs all the time, but you might be surprised and flattered if a little girl asked for yours after you played Dorothy in your community theater production of "The Wizard of Oz." An original manuscript or musical composition written in the handwriting of the author or composer is also called an autograph. In 1938, the Museum of Modern Art displayed an autograph of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer." WORD FAMILYautograph: autographed, autographing, autographs USAGE EXAMPLESThese days Miss Cartwright spends some of her time doing sci-fi autograph conventions, where she meets fans from around the world. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) David Telles of Franklin will steal so many bases during the baseball season that Maury Wills will stop by to get his autograph. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) But I’ve seen that where people get tats of someone’s autograph. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a person's own signature Syn|Hyper John Hancock signature your name written in your own handwriting 2n something written by one's own hand Exp|Hypo|Hyper Dead Sea scrolls (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s holograph, manuscript handwritten book or document codex, leaf-bookan unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) palimpsesta manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible roll, scrolla document that can be rolled up (as for storage) piece of writing, writing, written material the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) 3v mark with one's signature The author autographed his book Syn|Hyper inscribe sign be engaged by a written agreement |
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