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.
双语例句
1. They stopped you as soon as you deviated from the script.
一旦你偏离了剧本的内容，他们就会喊停。
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2. Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents.
整整5页讲稿都是对她的政敌的诋毁。
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3. Only after countless rewrites did John consider the script ready.
只有经过了无数次修改后，约翰才认为剧本写好了。
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4. The original script was written with the idiot box in mind.
剧本当初就是为电视而写的。
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5. She addressed them by hand in her beautiful italic script.
