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单词 scribe
释义

scribe

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noun (1)

ˈskrīb How to pronounce scribe (audio)
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: a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists
2
a
: an official or public secretary or clerk
b
: a copier of manuscripts
3
: writer
specifically : journalist

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verb (1)

scribed; scribing

intransitive verb

: to work as a scribe : write

scribe

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verb (2)

scribed; scribing

transitive verb

1
: to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
2
: to make by cutting or scratching

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noun (2)

: scriber

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • amanuensis
  • calligrapher
  • copyist
  • penman
  • scrivener

Verb (2)

  • groove
  • score
  • seam
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; akin to Greek skariphasthai to scratch an outline

Verb (2)

probably short for describe

First Known Use

Noun (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

1651, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1812, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

scribe

noun

ˈskrīb How to pronounce scribe (audio)
: a person who copies writing (as in a book)

Biographical Definition

Scribe

biographical name

ˈskrēb How to pronounce Scribe (audio)
(Augustin-) Eugène 1791–1861 French dramatist

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noun

1
as in amanuensis
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • amanuensis
  • penman
  • copyist
  • calligrapher
  • scrivener
2
as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • registrar
  • clerk
  • secretary
  • reporter
  • recorder
  • archivist
  • register
  • chronicler
  • historian
  • bookkeeper
  • transcriptionist
  • annalist
  • documenter
3
as in writer
a person who creates a written work a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • writer
  • author
  • pen
  • novelist
  • storyteller
  • penman
  • poet
  • litterateur
  • biographer
  • scrivener
  • screenwriter
  • scribbler
  • reporter
  • littérateur
  • woman of letters
  • blogger
  • wordsmith
  • columnist
  • stylist
  • cowriter
  • playwright
  • man of letters
  • belletrist
  • journalist
  • hagiographer
  • ghostwriter
  • dramatist
  • memoirist
  • scriptwriter
  • bard
  • memorialist
  • autobiographer
  • auteur
  • fabulist
  • fictioneer
  • essayist
  • fictionist
  • coauthor
  • pamphleteer
  • hack
  • scenarist
  • versifier
  • sportswriter
  • satirist
  • belle-lettrist
  • romancer
  • rhymer
  • newspaperman
  • wordmonger
  • hatchet man
  • prosaist
  • coscenarist
  • proser
  • paragrapher
  • prosateur

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonauthor

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verb

as in to file
to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • file
  • scratch
  • groove
  • seam
  • mill
  • score
  • flute
  • scarify
  • bevel
  • chamfer
  • rasp
  • graze
  • abrade
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