script
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++script /skrɪpt/ ●●○ S3 noun 1 [countable]AM the written form of a speech, play, film etc 〔演讲的〕原稿，讲稿；〔戏剧、电影等的〕剧本 → screenplay They write all their own scripts. 他们所有的剧本都是自己写的。 a film script 电影剧本2 [countable, uncountable]SLA the set of letters that are used in writing a language 〔一种语言的〕全套字母，字母表 Arabic script 阿拉伯语字母表3. [countable] British EnglishSEEXAM/TEST a piece of work that a student writes in an examination 〔考生的〕笔试答卷4 [singular, uncountable] formalWRITE writing done by hand 笔迹，手迹 SYN handwriting a diary entry written in neat black script 用工整的黑色字写下的一则日记
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script• Jean-Jacques Annaud directs a script by Becky Johnston.• Tom Hanks delivers Oscar-worthy work in Robert Zemeckis' latest; the editing and script, unfortunately, do not.• The letter was written in beautiful 18th-century script.• The initial script, she says, was good.• He had noticed that I was having difficulty reading my scripts during rehearsal.• Each sample of script collected begins with an optional header.• He read the announcement from a prepared script.• That was the thing that I found exciting about the script.• Outside the script departments of a few studios, too many producers have taken lazy routes to their scripts.• The script, full of rollicking combinations, was co-written by the master of sports comedies, Ron Shelton.From Longman Business Dictionaryscriptscript /skrɪpt/ noun [countable] computing a simple program or series of instructions for a computer, or the language that is used to write theseA Windows logon script will assign a printer to a computer.Origin script (1300-1400) Latin scriptum “something written”, from scribere; → SCRIBEscript nounChinese
Business a speech, play, film of Corpus written the etc form
script
script S3 /skrɪpt/
noun1. [countable] the written form of a speech, play, film etc ⇨ screenplay:
They write all their own scripts.
a film script
2. [uncountable and countable] the set of letters that are used in writing a language:
Arabic script
3. [countable] British English a piece of work that a student writes in an examination
4. [singular, uncountable] formal writing done by hand
SYN handwriting:
a diary entry written in neat black script
script S3 /skrɪpt/
noun1. [countable] the written form of a speech, play, film etc ⇨ screenplay: 2. [uncountable and countable] the set of letters that are used in writing a language:
3. [countable] British English a piece of work that a student writes in an examination
4. [singular, uncountable] formal writing done by hand
SYN handwriting: