| 单词 | to write out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto write out to write out 1. transitive. To make a full transcription or written version of (something); spec. to make a fair copy of (a document); to produce a full or formal version of (notes, minutes, etc.). Cf. to write up 1c at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write out at length to write outa1400 to set out1545 extenda1639 expand1894 a1400 (a1388) tr. Richard of Wallingford Exafrenon (Trin. Cambr.) f. 172 Ȝif þu wolt haue þe entre of þe sunne into eny signe..write out þe day & þe houre & þe minute. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Describo To write out a boke by an other mans copie. 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) Democritus to Rdr. 12 Allowing him sixe or seuen Amanuenses to write out his dictats. a1700 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1911) 9 336 His Bookes, w[hi]ch she write out and faithfully practised. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 41/1 The writer wrote out a Persian bond. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xii. 154 I..offered to write his memorials out fair. 1877 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. I. 208 Atticus..wrote out his sermons and learnt them by heart. 1930 J. Buchan Castle Gay xi. 172 He retired to the inn..to write out his notes. 1977 J. M. Levine Dr. Woodward's Shield iv. 70 He kept a copy for himself, fairly written out and intended clearly for the possibility of publication. 2020 C. Atkins Bit of Stretch iii. 68 The IT revolution has clearly passed Wandsworth by, as the slips have all been written out by hand. 2. transitive (reflexive). To exhaust one's powers of writing; spec. to run out of material or ideas for literary work. Cf. outwrite v. 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > exhaust by excessive writing to write out1738 overwrite1752 outwrite1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > make one's way by writing [verb (reflexive)] > exhaust one's ideas by writing to write out1738 1738 City Corruption & Mal-administration Display'd 13 But was I to write myself out, I have Matter sufficient to fill a Volume. 1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. Aug. 519/2 We have heard fears expressed, that Miss Edgeworth might have written herself out. 1832 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well (new ed.) p. vii The Author had exhausted himself, or, as the technical phrase expresses it, written himself out. 1905 Author 1 Feb. 152 He has written himself out. 2021 @FoloWatkins 4 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 22 Mar. 2021) Going to bed. I've written myself out today. 3. transitive. To remove (a character) from a long-running story or series, typically by introducing a storyline which accounts for their absence. Sometimes also applied to other distinctive elements of the story's imaginary world. Cf. sense 14c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > put on or produce broadcast [verb (transitive)] > write script > write out character to write out1967 1967 Listener 13 Apr. 503/2 That [sc. the Forsyte] Saga is now more than half way through (Saturdays, BBC-2)... Some of the old characters have been written out. 1971 O. Norton Corpse-bird Cries i. 2 You got them to write you out for a bit. 1982 A. Road Doctor Who: Making of TV Series 16/1 Eric Saward was asked..in the course of his story..to ‘write out’ the Doctor's sonic screwdriver. < as lemmas |
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