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GRE 红宝书

• v.抄写, 转录
• ［英］ v.抄写, 转录 ( to make a written copy)
• ［记］ trans ( 互相) +scribe ( 写) -> 照着写下 -> 抄写
• ［同］ 派生词: transcription ( n. 抄写; 抄本)
• ［例］ transcribe a letter on the typewriter

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (transcribed; transcribing)

• Etymology: Latin transcribere, from trans- + scribere to write — more at scribe
• Date: 1552
• 1.
  • a. to make a written copy of
  • b. to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (as a typewriter)
  • c. to paraphrase or summarize in writing
  • d. write down, record
• 2.
  • a. to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols
  • b. translate 2a
  • c. to transfer (data) from one recording form to another
  • d. to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast
• 3. to make a musical transcription of
• 4. to cause (as DNA) to undergo genetic transcription
• ? transcriber noun

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