| 单词 | manuscript |
| 释义 | manuscript (once / 287 pages) n A manuscript is a handwritten work. It's still a manuscript if it's typed — if a publisher asks for your manuscript, don't send her something scrawled on notebook paper! The noun manuscript evolved from the Latin manu scriptus, meaning “written by hand.” Manu is “hand” and scriptus is “to write." It refers to old documents actually written by hand before books were made, but it can also refer to a writer's unpublished work whether it's handwritten or typed. Samuel Johnson said, “Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.” Harrumph! WORD FAMILYmanuscript: manuscripts USAGE EXAMPLESThe theft transformed the manuscript into an object of obsession, a kind of Maltese Falcon, for a coterie of Inquisition scholars and rare-book collectors. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) But when Ms. Faludi offers to let her read the book manuscript, she declines. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The team set up a dedicated channel for the in-development manuscript, allowing the entire group to weigh in on the text and figures. Nature(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the form of a literary work submitted for publication Syn|Hyper ms 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) 2n handwritten book or document Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper holograph 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 codex, leaf-book an 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) Megillah(Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim Torah(Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services autograph something written by one's own hand |
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