manuscript

英 [ˈmænjuskrɪpt]

美 [ˈmænjuskrɪpt]

n. 手稿; 原稿; (印刷术发明以前书籍或文献的)手写本，手抄本

复数：manuscripts　

Collins.2 / BNC.4595 / COCA.5114

牛津词典

noun

手稿；原稿
a copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it has been printed
1. an unpublished/original manuscript
  未经发表的 / 原始的手稿
2. I read her poems in manuscript .
  我读过她的诗作的手稿。
（印刷术发明以前书籍或文献的）手写本，手抄本
a very old book or document that was written by hand before printing was invented
1. medieval illuminated manuscripts
  中世纪的装饰过的手抄本

N-COUNT 手稿;原稿
Amanuscriptis a handwritten or typed document, especially a writer's first version of a book before it is published.
1. He had seen a manuscript of the book...
  他见过这本书的手稿。
2. ...discovering an original manuscript of the song in Paris...
  在巴黎发现这首歌的原稿
3. I am grateful to him for letting me read his early chapters in manuscript.
  他让我拜读了其手稿的前几章，对此我十分感激。
N-COUNT (未发明印刷术之前的)手抄本，手写本
Amanuscriptis an old document that was written by hand before printing was invented.
1. ...early printed books and rare manuscripts.
  早期的印刷书籍与手抄珍本

noun

I am grateful to him for letting me read his early chapters in manuscript.
他让我拜读了其手稿的前几章，对此我十分感激。
He glanced through the manuscript.
他把手稿粗略地看了一遍。
Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript before Jenks saw its potential.
17家出版社回绝了这部手稿，直到詹克斯看到了它的潜在价值。
The manuscript is no longer complete.
手稿已残缺不全。
I must return this manuscript to the author.
我必须把这篇文章底稿退还给作者。
He hurled the manuscript into the fire.
他把手稿扔进了火中。
The manuscript had already been sent off to the printers.
原稿已经寄给印刷厂了。
He must fill his head first with a thousand questions of authenticity of manuscript, and correctness of translation.
他脑子里首先一定会疑窦丛生，反复思考手稿是否可靠，翻译是否正确之类的问题。
The manuscript of my grandpa's novel disappeared in the war.
爷爷的小说手稿在战争中佚失了。
This is a valuable medieval manuscript.
这是一本有价值的中世纪手抄本。