单词 | ghost-write |
释义 | ghost-writev. 1. intransitive To write an article, book, etc., for another person, under whose name it is then published. Cf. ghost v. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > follow occupation of writer [verb (intransitive)] > write as hack ghost1905 ghost-write1927 1927 Editor & Publisher 18 June 9/1 When he isn't ghost-writing [he] is a member of the European staff of the New York Times. 2021 menafn.com (Nexis) 8 Jan. Before getting into producing his music, he ghost-wrote for CWA—Creative Writers Agency. 2. transitive. To write (an article, book, etc.) for another person, under whose name it is then published. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > write as hack ghost1904 ghost-write1930 1930 China Press (Shanghai) 27 Nov. 15/1 Reformed gunmen who want somebody to ghost-write their confessions. 1935 Liberty 19 Jan. 29/1 Rains, a poor editorialist on a small radical paper, is offered a large salary to ghost-write pacifist propaganda. 1951 P. G. Wodehouse Old Reliable iii. 40 I'm ghostwriting the story of her life. 2005 Writer's Mag. Sept. 12/2 Other opportunities open to more experienced writers include..ghostwriting feature articles for experts who need to write for a specialist market; but who neither have the time nor the writing skill to do so. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1927 |
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