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manuscript

/man-yuh-skript/US // ˈmæn yəˌskrɪpt //UK // (ˈmænjʊˌskrɪpt) //

手稿,稿件,稿子,稿费

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
    • : any text not printed.
    • : a book or document written before the invention of printing.
    • : writing, as distinguished from print.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : handwritten or typed, not professionally printed.

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Examples

  • Similarly, when we submit manuscripts, unacceptable things happen.

  • It made sense from a marketing standpoint to publish the manuscript when there was mass interest in the experiment, but in hindsight it was too soon.

  • Plomer claimed that the two were drawn to the manuscript, which dealt frankly with interracial love, only because it was written “with hard pencil on thin paper” — he had no typewriter and ordinary paper was heavy and expensive to mail.

  • It's not unprecedented to uncover previously hidden texts on ancient manuscripts.

  • He was never officially asked to join, but on the last day he was given a long-term task — to finish a manuscript the group had been working on since 1975.