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单词 writing on the wall
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
writ•ing /ˈraɪtɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [uncountable] the act of one who writes, or the profession of one who writes books, newspaper articles, etc.
  2. written matter: [countable]a collection of her writings.[uncountable]a great amount of writing.
  3. written form:[uncountable]Put the agreement in writing.
  4. [uncountable] handwriting.
  5. the style, form, or quality of something written:[uncountable]awkward writing.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
writ•ing  (rīting),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of a person or thing that writes.
  2. written form:to commit one's thoughts to writing.
  3. that which is written;
    characters or matter written with a pen or the like:His writing is illegible.
  4. such characters or matter with respect to style, kind, quality, etc.
  5. an inscription.
  6. a letter.
  7. any written or printed paper, as a document or deed.
  8. literary or musical style, form, quality, technique, etc.:Her writing is stilted.
  9. a literary composition or production.
  10. the profession of a writer:He turned to writing at an early age.
  11. Judaism the Writings, Hagiographa.
  12. writing on the wall. See handwriting (def. 4).
  • 1175–1225; Middle English; see write, -ing1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
writing /ˈraɪtɪŋ/ n
  1. a group of letters or symbols written or marked on a surface as a means of communicating ideas by making each symbol stand for an idea, concept, or thing, by using each symbol to represent a set of sounds grouped into syllables (syllabic writing), or by regarding each symbol as corresponding roughly or exactly to each of the sounds in the language (alphabetic writing)
    See also ideogram
  2. short for handwriting
  3. anything expressed in letters, esp a literary composition
  4. the work of a writer
  5. literary style, art, or practice
  6. written form: give it to me in writing
  7. (modifier) related to or used in writing: writing ink
  8. writing on the walla sign or signs of approaching disaster
Etymology: sense 8: allusion to Daniel 5:5
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