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A scribe was, in the past, a person whose job was to copy documents, letters, and books by hand, before printing existed — very important in ancient and medieval times, since most people could not read or write. Today the word is mostly used in history, religion (Bible 'scribes'), or half-jokingly for someone who notes for a group, like taking meeting minutes.
抄寫員、書記
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
scribenoun詞源 1/skɹaɪb/
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Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
- [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
- Pay records, supply logs, discharge certificates: all needed scribes, and those who could write might have found themselves being spared the worst of the drudgery.
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Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
- The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
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informalA journalist.
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archaicA writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
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A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
scribeverb詞源 2/skɹaɪb/
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To write.
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To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- There—at Ioue wexed wroth, and in his ſpright / Did inly grudge, yet did it well conceale; / And bade Dan Phœbus Scribe her Appellation ſeale.
- he scribed his name on the mould, and wrote it on the two pieces of pasteboard
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To record, as a scribe.
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To write or draw with a scribe.
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businesscarpentryconstructionTo cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
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To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。