manuscript

复数：manuscripts

1. [C]手稿,原稿,底稿 the first copy of a book or piece of writing, written by hand or typed before being printed
2. [C]手写本 a handwritten book, from the time before printing was invented

• compile〔edit〕manuscript编辑手稿
• copy manuscript誊写原稿
• reject sb's manuscript退某人的稿
• send one's manuscript送交原稿

• hand-written〔typewritten〕 manuscript手写〔打字〕原稿
• rejected〔unaccepted〕 manuscript退稿
• unfinished〔unpublished〕 manuscript未完成〔未发表〕的原稿

• book in manuscript手抄本

original manuscript原稿

1. I read his novel in manuscript.
   我看过他小说的手稿。
2. The illumination of the manuscript is delicate.
   这个手稿的装饰很精致。
3. The manuscript requires an expert to understand it.
   这份手稿只有专家才看得懂。
4. He revised the manuscript of his book before sending it to the publisher.
   他对自己那本书的手稿先进行校订，然后才把它交给出版社。
5. The original manuscript has been lost; this is a copy.
   原稿已失，这是副本。
6. The earliest extant manuscript of this poem has been kept in the museum.
   此诗现存最早的原稿收藏在这座博物馆里。
7. Close inspection showed that many lines had been interpolated into the manuscript at a later date.
   经仔细检查发现不少字句是后来添写进原手稿中去的。