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单词 amanuensis
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•man•u•en•sis /əˌmænyuˈɛnsɪs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ses /-siz/USA pronunciation .
  1. a person employed to write what another dictates;
    secretary.
See -man-1.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•man•u•en•sis  (ə man′yo̅o̅ ensis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation 
  1. a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another;
    secretary.
  • Latin (servus) āmanuēnsis, equivalent. to ā- a-4 + manu-, stem of manus hand + -ēnsis -ensis
  • 1610–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
amanuensis /əˌmænjʊˈɛnsɪs/ n ( pl -ses / -siːz/)
  1. a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin āmanuensis, from the phrase servus ā manū slave at hand (that is, handwriting)
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