manuscript

US: /ˈmænjəsˌkɹɪpt/
UK: /mˈænjuːskɹˌɪpt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


manuscript /'mænjuskript/
  • danh từ
    • bản viết tay; bản thảo, bản đưa in (của tác giả)
    • in manuscript
      • chưa in
    • poems still in manuscript: những bài thơ chưa in
  • tính từ
    • viết tay

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 a copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it has been printed: an unpublished / original manuscript + I read her poems in manuscript.
2 a very old book or document that was written by hand before printing was invented: medieval illuminated manuscripts

Collocation dictionary


1 copy of a book that has not yet been printed

ADJ.

original | autograph, handwritten
the original autograph manuscript of the poem
| unpublished | unfinished | literary, music/musical

QUANT.

copy
I only have one copy of the manuscript.

VERB + MANUSCRIPT

write | type | edit, revise | submit (for publication)
He submitted the manuscript to an editor at Longman.
| accept/reject (for publication)
He was delighted when the manuscript was accepted for publication.

PREP.

in ~
Her autobiography remained in manuscript (= was not published).

2 very old book/document, written by hand

ADJ.

ancient, early, medieval | contemporary
One contemporary manuscript shows Henry II crowned by the hand of Christ.
| rare | surviving
the surviving manuscript of ‘Beowulf’
| illuminated

MANUSCRIPT + VERB

survive
earlier manuscripts which no longer survive


Concise English dictionary


manuscripts'mænjəskrɪpt /-jʊ-
noun
+the form of a literary work submitted for publication
+handwritten book or document