late 14c., "something written," earlier scrite (c. 1300), from Old French escrit "piece of writing, written paper; credit note, IOU; deed, bond" (Modern French écrit) from Latin scriptum "a writing, book; law; line, mark," noun use of neuter past participle of scribere "to write," from PIE *skribh- "to cut, separate, sift" (cognates: Greek skariphasthai "to scratch an outline, sketch," Lettish skripat "scratch, write," Old Norse hrifa "scratch"), from root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)) on the notion of carving marks in stone, wood, etc.
Meaning "handwriting" is recorded from 1860. Theatrical use, short for manuscript, is attested from 1884. The importance of Rome to the spread of civilization in Europe is attested by the fact that the word for "write" in Celtic and Germanic (as well as Romanic) languages derives from scribere (French écrire, Irish scriobhaim, Welsh ysgrifennu, German schreiben). The cognate Old English scrifan means "to allot, assign, decree" (see shrive; also compare Old Norse skript "penance") and Modern English uses write (v.) to express this action.
script (v.)
"adapt (a work) for broadcasting or film," 1935, from script (n.). Related: Scripted; scripting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. They stopped you as soon as you deviated from the script.
一旦你偏離了劇本的內(nèi)容，他們就會(huì)喊停。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents.
整整5頁(yè)講稿都是對(duì)她的政敵的詆毀。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Only after countless rewrites did John consider the script ready.