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单词 transcribe
释义 tran·scribe
I. \tranzˈkrī, traan-, -n(t)ˈsk-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin transcribere, from trans- + scribere to write — more at scribe
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to make a written copy of
  < scrupulously transcribed from the surviving manuscripts of the war years — D.C.Mearns >
 b. : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or especially on a typewriter
  < taking dictation in the mornings, transcribing correspondence in the afternoons — Jean Holloway >
  < take letters down in shorthand or on the dictating machine and transcribe them on the typewriter — E.M.Robinson >
 specifically : to read aloud (shorthand notes)
  < lay aside this book and orally transcribe your shorthand notes — Law Stenographer >
 c. : to reproduce in writing by more or less exact quotation : paraphrase, summarize
  < I need not transcribe any more of this part of the séance — Beverley Nichols >
  < what he expressed as a mere surmise was transcribed by others as a positive statement — Richard Semon >
 d. : to write down : record
  < a unique achievement in the amazing fidelity with which it transcribes the life and mentality of an alien people — Amy Loveman >
  < if one looks the jungle straight in the face and transcribes what is seen — William Beebe >
  < is endowed with … an unerring ear for transcribing speech — Angel Flores >
2. obsolete : ascribe, impute
3.
 a.
  (1) : transliterate
   < the larger part … would be unintelligible if transcribed in an alphabet or syllabary — K.S.Latourette >
   < transcribed into Cyrillic characters from the original Glagolitic — R.G.A.DeBray >
   < his hobby is transcribing books into braille — New York Herald Tribune >
  (2) : to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols
   < the letter b transcribe s Greek beta, which represented a phoneme with both stop and spirant allophones — W.G.Moulton >
  (3) : to arrange (the letters of a cryptogram) by a prescribed route or system
   < there are 39 routes by which the letters in the rectangle might have been transcribed to form the cryptogram — J.M.Wolfe >
 b. : translate 2a
  < transcribed English hymns into German — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
 c. : to transfer or convey (as information) from one recording form to another
  < the account number could then be transcribed to the receiving ticket — H.D.McGuigan >
  < reproducers automatically transcribe punching from one card to another — H.C.Zeisig & P.T.Martin >
4. obsolete : copy, imitate
5. : to make a musical transcription of
 < originally written for organ, the work was transcribed for symphony orchestra — Current Biography >
6.
 a. : to broadcast (a radio or television program) by electrical transcription
 b. : to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to make a copy of something in writing
  < shall begin to transcribe again and polish — T.B.Macaulay >
 b. : to reproduce in writing dictated or recorded matter
  < ability to take dictation easily and transcribe accurately on the typewriter — Gregg Dictation Simplified >
  < the belts are mailed to the … office for transcribingDun's Review >
 c. : to write down, set forth, or produce a factual or objective representation
  < some transcribe directly from nature — Thomas Munro >
  < no artist is content to transcribeNew Mexico Quarterly >
2. : translate 1 a
 < this question of whether they should … transcribe into modern idiom — H.L.Savage >
II. transitive verb
: to cause (as DNA) to undergo genetic transcription
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