英语词汇“nothing to write home about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(of sports events) played alternately on one's own and one's opponents' home grounds

A system offered by some banks allowing a person at home, in an office, etc to gain access to information about his or her own account(s), transfer funds, etc, via the Internet or by telephone

A set of digital equipment for watching DVDs with high-quality reproduction at home

The counties over and into which London has extended, ie Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey (and sometimes also Herts and Sussex)

A cottage with a small piece of land for an industrial worker to grow his or her own food

A person employed by the local authority to help disabled or elderly people with domestic work

The government department broadly responsible for the domestic civil affairs of the United Kingdom as a whole

A statement of the condition of a dwelling-house that is for sale, made available by the seller to prospective buyers

Self-government, such as that claimed by Irish, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists, including a separate parliament to manage internal affairs

Buying products and services by means of telecommunications such as the Internet or cable television

A signal at the beginning of a section of railway line showing whether or not the section is clear

A scheme by which people are permitted to buy, or live rent-free in, semi-derelict buildings and improve them with the help of Government grants, etc

A pointed, usu unanswerable, typically wounding, statement made direct to the person concerned

A person who works from home, esp someone who is linked to an office by computer, and under terms and conditions similar to those of conventional office workers

A residential street or area where traffic-calming measures, the provision of benches, children's play areas, etc are intended to create a safer social environment and encourage pedestrian use

To prepare oneself, eg for a discussion by acquainting oneself with the relevant facts

nothing to write home about (informal)

Not very exciting or attractive

pay home

To strike to the quick
To retaliate

write /rīt/

transitive verb (wrītˈing; wrōte, (archaic) writ /rit/; written /ritˈn/ (archaic) writ)

To form (letters, symbols, numbers, words, sentences) with a pen, pencil, etc on a surface, esp paper
To express in writing
To compose, be the composer or author of
To inscribe, carve or engrave (a surface)
To record, state or communicate in a letter, book, article, etc
To decree or foretell
To make out or fill in (a prescription, cheque, etc)
To transfer (data) to a memory or storage device (computing)
To display (a quality, condition, etc) all too clearly, as in guilt written all over her face
To communicate with by letter
To underwrite (an insurance policy)

intransitive verb

To perform or practise the art of writing
To be employed as a clerk
To compose articles, novels, etc
To work as an author
To compose or send a letter
To communicate with a person by letter

ORIGIN: OE wrītan, orig meaning to scratch; ON rīta

wrītˈable adjective

Capable of being expressed or described in writing
Suitable for writing with

wrītˈative adjective (rare)

Inclined, or characterized by an inclination, to write

wrītˈer noun

Someone who writes
A professional scribe or clerk
An ordinary legal practitioner in a Scottish country town
An author or his or her works
Someone who paints lettering for signs
A seller (of options) (stock exchange)

wrītˈeress noun (rare)

A female writer

wrītˈerly adjective

Having or showing an accomplished literary style

wrītˈership noun

The office of a writer

wrītˈing noun

The act or activity of recording, expressing or communicating by inscribing words, letters, etc
That which is written
(often in pl) a literary production or composition
(in pl; with cap) the Old Testament books known as the Hagiographa (qv under hagi-; religion)
Handwriting, penmanship
The state of being written

writtˈen adjective

Reduced to or expressed in writing, opp to oral

writeˈ-back noun

An amount restored to a company's accounts because the size of an earlier liability had been overestimated

write-down see write down below.

writeˈ-in adjective (N American)

Of or relating to a candidate not listed in the ballot paper, but whose name is written in by the voter

noun

Such a candidate or vote

writeˈ-off noun

A car so badly damaged that the cost of repair would exceed the car's value
A crashed aircraft (RAF sl)
A total loss
See also write off below

writeˈ-once adjective

Denoting a storage medium in which the data can only be entered once, and then not changed or erased

writer's block noun

A temporary lack of enthusiasm and imagination that may prevent a writer from working

writer's cramp see under cramp

Writer to the Signet noun

A member of the oldest society of solicitors in Scotland, still active as a professional body, orig supervising the use of the Signet or royal seal required to be stamped on all summonses initiating actions in the Court of Session

write-up see write up below.

writˈing-book noun

A book of paper for practising penmanship

writing case noun

A portable case containing materials for writing

writing desk noun

A desk with a sloping top for writing on
A portable writing case

writˈing-ink noun

Ink suited for writing with

writˈing-master noun

A master who teaches the art of penmanship
The yellow bunting

writing pad noun

A pad of writing paper

writing paper noun

Paper finished with a smooth surface, for writing on

writˈing-school noun (historical)

A school for penmanship

writing table noun

A table designed or used for writing on

written law noun

Statute law as distinguished from common law

nothing to write home about see under home

write away see write off below.

write down

To put down in written characters
To write in disparagement of
To write so as to be intelligible or attractive to people of lower intelligence or inferior taste
To reduce the book value of an asset (writeˈ-down noun)

write in

To write a letter to an organization, etc
(with for) to apply for or request in such a letter, send away for
To insert (extra matter) in writing into a document, etc
To add (the name of an extra candidate) to a ballot paper (US; writeˈ-in adjective and noun)

write off

To cancel, esp in bookkeeping, to take (eg a bad debt) off the books
To regard or accept as an irredeemable loss
To destroy or damage irredeemably (a car, etc) (writeˈ-off noun)
(reflexive) to get (oneself) killed (RAF sl)
(also write away; with for) to apply for or request in a letter to an organization, etc
To compose (eg a letter) with fluent ease

write out

To transcribe
To write in full
(reflexive) to exhaust one's mental resources by too much writing
To remove (a character or scene) from the script of a film, broadcast, etc

write protect (computing)

Protecting of data on disk from alteration or erasure, eg by software command or a mechanical device on the disk (write-protectˈ adjective and transitive verb)

write to (computing)

To record (data) onto (a magnetic disk)

write up

To put a full description of in writing
To write a report or review of
To write in praise of, esp to praise above its merits
To bring the writing of (one's diary, etc) up to date
To increase the book value of an asset (writeˈ-up noun)

writing (also, esp US, handwriting) on the wall

A happening or sign foreshowing downfall and disaster (Bible, Daniel 5.5 ff)

written off

(of a car) damaged beyond reasonable repair
Completely ruined
(of a person) killed (RAF sl)
(of an aircraft) wrecked (RAF sl)
See also write off above

home /hōm/

write /rīt/