scriptwriter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++script·writ·er /ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] AMTAMFsomeone who writes the stories and words for films or television programmes 〔电影或电视〕剧本作者，剧作家，编剧 SYN screenwriter, → playwright
Examples from the Corpus
scriptwriter• Fellini lacked any formal training in cinematography and developed his personal style only after a long apprenticeship as a scriptwriter.• Patrick, who completed his first short feature as he turned thirty, is a scriptwriter.• And without a scriptwriter, too.• William Holden plays a hack scriptwriter down on his luck, and his purple prose gives the film its biting tone.• He is one of the few Hollywood scriptwriters whose scripts would actually be enjoyable to read.• So much for a romantic myth that has given Hollywood scriptwriters a nice living.• Kilts are suggestive things for such scriptwriters to introduce at such a point.• The award-winning scriptwriter has been talking of reviving the hit sitcom for years but he has been busy on other projects.script·writ·er nounChineseSyllable
someone stories television who and words Corpus for films the writes or
scriptwriter
script‧writ‧er /ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]
someone who writes the stories and words for films or television programmes
SYN screenwriter ⇨ playwright
▪ writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job: Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation. | a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine | I always wanted to be a writer.
▪author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book: Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie. | The author will be signing copies of his book. | He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
▪novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events: Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists. | the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
▪poet someone who writes poems: a class studying the works of modern American poets
▪playwright someone who writes plays: Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
▪dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past: the great French dramatist, Moliere
▪scriptwriter (also screenwriter ) someone who writes plays for films or television: Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
▪blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website: a travel blogger | a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English
script‧writ‧er /ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]someone who writes the stories and words for films or television programmes
SYN screenwriter ⇨ playwright
| THESAURUS |
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪