| 单词 | author |
| 释义 | author —authorial /aw thawr"ee euhl, aw thohr"-/, adj. —authorless, adj. /aw"theuhr/, n. 1. a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist. 2. the literary production or productions of a writer: to find a passage in an author. 3. the maker of anything; creator; originator: the author of a new tax plan. 4. Computers. the writer of a software program, esp. a hypertext or multimedia application. v.t. 5. to write; be the author of: He authored a history of the Civil War. 6. to originate; create a design for: She authored a new system for teaching chemistry. [1250-1300; earlier auct(h)or < L auctor writer, progenitor, equiv. to aug(ere) to increase, AUGMENT + -tor -TOR; r. ME auto(u)r < AF, for OF autor < L, as above] |
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