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scribe something
表示像书记员那样书写或记录，主语通常是人。
The clerk scribed the minutes of the meeting.
文书抄写了会议记录。
写；书写；铭刻；记录
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
写；书写；铭刻；记录
To write, inscribe, or record something.
The clerk scribed the minutes of the meeting.
文书抄写了会议记录。
写；书写。
To write.
书写、雕刻或标记；铭刻。
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
记录；像书记员那样记录。
To record, as a scribe.
用划线器书写或绘制。
To write or draw with a scribe.
scribe
Base
原形
scribes
3rd person
第三人称单数
scribing
-ing
现在分词
scribed
Past
过去式
scribed
Past participle
过去分词
He scribes every document by hand.
他用手工誊写每份文件。
She scribed the outline onto the metal plate.
她在金属板上刻出了轮廓。
They are scribing the baseboard to fit the uneven floor.
他们正在切割踢脚板，使其贴合不平的地面。
作动词时指书写、铭刻或用划线器划线；也可指将材料切割成贴合不规则表面的形状。
The metalworker scribed a straight line across the steel sheet with his scriber.
金属工用划针在钢板上划了一条直线。
The carpenter scribed the shape of the countertop onto the new laminate before cutting.
木匠在切割前将台面的轮廓划到新的层压板上。
She scribed a circle on the wood with a compass to mark where the hole would go.
她用圆规在木头上划了一个圈，用来标记钻孔的位置。
表示像书记员那样书写或记录，主语通常是人。
The clerk scribed the minutes of the meeting.
文书抄写了会议记录。
用于说明铭刻或书写的位置。
The artisan scribed a pattern on the metal plate.
工匠在金属板上刻了一个图案。
工具（如划线器、圆规）作介词 with 的宾语。
He scribed the board with a compass.
他用圆规在木板上划线。
用于安装或木工语境，指切割出贴合的形状。
She scribed the baseboard to fit the uneven floor.
她切割踢脚板以贴合不平的地面。
Not this
I scribed my homework last night.
Use this
I wrote my homework last night.
scribe 作动词虽有“写”的义项，但多用于铭刻、技术性划线贴合等正式或专业语境，日常“写作业”应用 write。
Not this
Can you scribe the suspect to the police?
Use this
Can you describe the suspect to the police?
scribe 表示“书写、铭刻、记录”，不表示“描述”；表达口头或书面描述应使用 describe，注意不要漏掉前缀 de-。
Not this
I scribed to the newsletter.
Use this
I subscribed to the newsletter.
scribe 是及物动词，意为“书写/铭刻”，不是 subscribe；表示“订阅”要用动词 subscribe，不要漏掉前缀 sub-。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
划一条线
Use a compass to scribe a line along the edge.
用圆规沿着边缘划一条线。
做标记
He scribed a mark on the board before cutting.
他在切割前在木板上做了个标记。
画一个圆
The carpenter scribed a circle on the plywood.
木匠在胶合板上画了一个圆。
沿着……划线
Scribe around the irregular shape to transfer the outline.
沿着不规则形状划线，以拓印出轮廓。
划线切割以贴合
You need to scribe the baseboard to fit the uneven floor.
你需要给踢脚板划线切割，以贴合不平的地面。
Use scribe naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记忆：古时书记员(scribe)执笔书写、刻录，所以动词scribe意为‘写、刻、记’。拼写中的c像刻刀，帮你想起来。
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal or literary writing、woodworking/construction 作为动词较正式或偏文学，常见于书面语；而“划线”“切割使贴合”等义项多用于木工、建筑等技术语境，日常口语中很少出现。
作及物动词时，后接被书写、雕刻或标记的对象；也可在表示‘写字’时作不及物动词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.