| 单词 | write |
| 释义 | write (raɪt ) Word forms: writes , writing , wrote , written 1. verb A1 When you write something on a surface, you use something such as a pen or pencil to produce words, letters, or numbers on the surface. If you'd like one, simply write your name and address on a postcard and send it to us. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] They were still trying to teach her to read and write. [VERB] He wrote the word 'pride' in huge letters on the blackboard. [VERB noun] 2. verb B1 If you write something such as a book, a poem, or a piece of music, you create it and record it on paper or perhaps on a computer. I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days. [VERB noun] Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn't a problem. [VERB noun] Thereafter she wrote articles for papers and magazines in Paris. [VERB noun + for] Jung Lu wrote me a poem once. [VERB noun noun] Synonyms: compose, create, author, draft 3. verb B1 Someone who writes creates books, stories, or articles, usually for publication. Jay wanted to write. [VERB] She writes for many papers, including the Sunday Times. [VERB + for] He now works in industry and writes on science in his spare time. [V on/about n] 4. verb A2 When you write to someone or write them an email or a letter, you give them information, ask them something, or express your feelings in an email or letter. In American English, you can also write someone. Many people have written to me on this subject. [VERB + to] She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier. [VERB noun noun] I wrote a letter to the car rental agency, explaining what had happened. [VERB noun + to] Why didn't you write, call, anything? [VERB] He had written her in Italy but received no reply. [VERB noun] Synonyms: correspond, get in touch, keep in touch, write a letter 5. nothing to write home about phrase If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. [informal] So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right? 6. verb If someone writes that something is the case, they say it in a letter, book, or article. 'Some six months later,' Freud writes, 'Hans had got over his jealousy.'. [VERB with quote] A few days later he wrote that he had hopes of a staff job. [VERB that] 7. verb When someone writes something such as a receipt or a prescription, they put the necessary information on it and usually sign it. Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen. [VERB noun] He wrote me a prescription for an anti-anxiety medication. [VERB noun noun] Write out means the same as write. We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Get my assistant to write you out a receipt before you leave. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 8. verb If you write to a computer or a disk, you record data on it. [computing] You should write-protect all disks that you do not usually need to write to. [V n + to/onto] 9. See also writing, written Phrasal verbs: write back phrasal verb B1+ If you write back to someone who has sent you a letter, you write them a letter in reply. Macmillan wrote back saying that he could certainly help. [VERB PARTICLE] I wrote back to Meudon at once to fix up a meeting. [VERB PARTICLE + to] write down phrasal verb B1+ When you write something down, you record it on a piece of paper using a pen or pencil. On the morning before starting the fast, write down your starting weight. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Only by writing things down could I bring some sort of order to the confusion. [VERB noun PARTICLE] write in 1. phrasal verb If you write in to an organization, you send them a letter. What's the point in writing in when you only print half the letter anyway? [VERB PARTICLE] So there's another thing that you might like to write in to this programme about. [VERB PARTICLE + to] 2. phrasal verb In the United States, if someone who is voting in an election writes in a person whose name is not on the list of candidates, they write that person's name on the voting paper and vote for him or her. I think I'll write in Pat Wilson. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I'm going to write him in on my ballot next year. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. See also write-in write into phrasal verb If a rule or detail is written into a contract, law, or agreement, it is included in it when the contract, law, or agreement is made. They insisted that a guaranteed supply of Chinese food was written into their contracts. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE noun] I didn't write that into the rules but I don't think it's a bad idea. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] write off 1. phrasal verb If you write off to a company or organization, you send them a letter, usually asking for something. He wrote off to the New Zealand Government for these pamphlets about life in New Zealand. [VERB PARTICLE + to] 2. phrasal verb If someone writes off a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on a project, they accept that they are never going to get the money back. [business] The committee decided to write off this debt. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He had long since written off the money. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb If you write someone or something off, you decide that they are unimportant or useless and that they are not worth further serious attention. He is fed up with people writing him off because of his age. [VERB noun PARTICLE] His critics write him off as too cautious to succeed. [V n P + as] Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees. [V P n + as] 4. phrasal verb If someone writes off a vehicle, they have a crash in it and it is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing. [British] John's written off four cars. Now he sticks to public transport. [VERB PARTICLE noun] One of Pete's friends wrote his car off there. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If you write off a plan or project, you accept that it is not going to be successful and do not continue with it. We decided to write off the rest of the day and go shopping. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The prices were much higher. So we decided to write that off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] It's too soon to write off the whole consultation process as a failure. [V P n (not pron) as n] Don't just write it off as a waste of time. [V n P as n] 6. See also write-off write out 1. phrasal verb B2 When you write out something fairly long such as a report or a list, you write it on paper. We had to write out a list of ten jobs we'd like to do. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The application form is important. Sit down and write it out properly. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If a character in a drama series is written out, he or she is taken out of the series. After twice being arrested for drugs offences, he was written out of the show. [be V-ed P + of] Maybe soon the scriptwriters will have to write her out of the series. [V n P of n] 3. write [sense 1], write [sense 7] write up 1. phrasal verb If you write up something that has been done or said, you record it on paper in a neat and complete form, usually using notes that you have made. He wrote up his visit in a report of over 600 pages. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Mr Sadler conducted interviews, and his girlfriend wrote them up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. See also write-up Quotations: No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money Idioms: be nothing to write home about to be not very interesting, exciting, or special Yes, there is cheese, bread and meat in the local market and shops, but it's nothing to write home about. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: writer writes Does it matter where, or at what time of day, a writer writes? The Times Literary Supplement And yet: a real writer writes because he must, not because publication awaits. Times, Sunday Times What kind of writer writes 'blah blah blah'? Times, Sunday Times The writer writes without regard to spelling, grammar, etc., and makes no corrections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The writer writes all captions and dialogue, which are pasted inside these panels, and then the artist draws the story around all of this paste-up. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 写 Japanese: 書く |
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