| 单词 | scribe |
| 释义 | scribe n. & v. --n 1. a person who writes out documents, esp. an ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts. 2. Bibl. an ancient Jewish record-keeper or professional theologian and jurist. 3. (in full scribe-awl) a pointed instrument for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw, or in sign-writing. 4. US colloq. a writer, esp. a journalist. --vtr. mark (wood etc.) with a scribe (see sense 3 of n.). Derivatives scribal adj. scriber n. Etymology: (n.) ME f. L scriba f. scribere write: (v.) perh. f. DESCRIBE |
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