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transcribe

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Linguistics, Music, Recording
tran·scribe /trænˈskraɪb/ verb [transitive]  1 WRITEto write down something exactly as it was said 〔逐字逐句〕记录,记下〔所说的话〕 A secretary transcribed the witnesses’ statements. 一名书记员记录下证人的陈述。2 COPYto write an exact copy of something 誊写,抄写 He had been asked to transcribe an ancient manuscript. 他被要求抄写一本古代手稿。3. technicalSL to represent speech sounds with phonetic symbols 标注〔音标〕4 formalSL to change a piece of writing into the alphabet of another language 转成另一种语言transcribe something into something The book has been transcribed into braille. 这本书已转换成盲文。5 APMto arrange a piece of music for a different instrument or voice 改编〔一首乐曲,使其适于其他乐器演奏或其他声部演唱〕transcribe something for something a piece transcribed for piano 为钢琴演奏改编的一首乐曲6. TCRCOPY technical to copy recorded music, speech etc from one system to another, for example from tape to CD 复制,转录〔音乐、演讲等,如从录音带转换成光盘〕
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transcribeThe phone conversations were transcribed and sent to the FBI.Tens of thousands of pages of testimony were transcribed at a cost of $ 2. 50 a page.Fleck has transcribed Bach for the banjo.Not that Vea merely transcribed every memory and called it a novel.The conversation had been transcribed into phonetic script.Secretaries were busy transcribing medical records.I go back, and this time I find my way into nondescript offices below ground where priests are transcribing notes.I also got really specific about the phrasing and how I could transcribe that on to the guitar.I record my business letters, and my secretary transcribes them.One copy should be used for transcribing your notes as previously discussed.
Origin transcribe (1500-1600) Latin transcribere, from scribere to write
tran·scribe verbChineseSyllable
to was as Corpus down exactly said it write something


transcribe
transcribe /trænˈskraɪb/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: transcribere, from scribere 'to write'
1. to write down something exactly as it was said:
    A secretary transcribed the witnesses’ statements.
2. to write an exact copy of something:
    He had been asked to transcribe an ancient manuscript.
3. technical to represent speech sounds with phonetic symbols
4. formal to change a piece of writing into the alphabet of another language
    transcribe something into something
    The book has been transcribed into braille.
5. to arrange a piece of music for a different instrument or voice
    transcribe something for something
    a piece transcribed for piano
6. technical to copy recorded music, speech etc from one system to another, for example from tape to CD


tran·scribeBrE /trænˈskraɪb/ 🔊NAmE /trænˈskraɪb/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they transcribe BrE /trænˈskraɪb/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈskraɪb/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it transcribes BrE /trænˈskraɪbz/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈskraɪbz/ 🔊past simple transcribed BrE /trænˈskraɪbd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈskraɪbd/ 🔊past participle transcribed BrE /trænˈskraɪbd/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈskraɪbd/ 🔊 -ing form transcribing BrE /trænˈskraɪbɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /trænˈskraɪbɪŋ/ 🔊to record thoughts, speech or data in a written form, or in a different written form from the original 记录;抄录;把…转成(另一种书写形式)~ sth Clerks transcribe everything that is said in court. 书记员把法庭上所说的话全都记录在案。🔊🔊The interview was recorded and then transcribed. 采访谈话先录了音,然后再抄录出来。🔊🔊~ sth into sth How many official documents have been transcribed into Braille for blind people? 有多少官方文件已经转成盲文供盲人阅读?🔊🔊~ sth (specialist) to show the sounds of speech using a special phonetic alphabet 用音标标音~ sth (for sth) to write a piece of music in a different form so that it can be played by another musical instrument or sung by another voice 改编(乐曲,以适合其他乐器或声部)a piano piece transcribed for the guitar为吉他改编的钢琴曲