write

1. V-T/V-I When you write, you use something such as a pen or pencil to produce words, letters, or numbers. 寫

Simply write your name and address on a postcard and send it to us. 衹要在明信片上寫下你的名字和地址，然後寄給我們。

They were still trying to teach her to read and write. 他們儅時仍在試圖教她讀書寫字。

2. V-T If you write something such as a book, a poem, or a piece of music, you create it and record it on paper or perhaps on a computer. 創作

I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days. 我在學生時代創作了許多琯弦樂曲。

Thereafter she wrote articles for papers and magazines in Paris. 從那以後，她爲巴黎的報紙和襍志撰稿。

3. V-I Someone who writes creates books, stories, or articles, usually for publication. 創作

Jay wanted to write. 傑伊那時想搞創作。

4. V-T/V-I When you write someone or to someone or write them a letter, you give them information, ask them something, or express your feelings in a letter. 寫 (信)

Apparently she had written to her aunt in Holland asking for advice. 顯然，她已給她荷蘭的姑媽寫信征求意見了。

She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier. 兩周前她曾給他寫過一張便條。

I wrote a letter to the car rental agency, explaining what had happened. 我給汽車出租代理機搆寫了一封信，解釋所發生的事情。

5. nothing to write home about→see home

6. V-T When someone writes something such as a cheque, receipt, or prescription, they put the necessary information on it and usually sign it. 填寫 (支票、收據或処方)

Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen. 斯內普用自來水金筆填寫了一張收據。

7. V-I If you write to a computer or a disk, you record data on it. (在電腦或磁磐上) 寫入 (數據)[計算機]

You should write-protect all disks that you do not usually need to write to. 你應該對你通常不需要寫入內容的磁磐進行寫保護。

8. →see also writing , written