autograph

英 ['ɔːtəgrɑːf] 美 ['ɔtəɡræf]

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解释

n. 亲笔，手稿；亲笔签名
vt. 亲笔签名于…；亲笔书写

※ 提供单词"autograph"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

autograph: autograph: [17] Greek auto- was a prefixal use of the adjective autós, meaning ‘same, self’. Many of the commonest auto- words in English, including autograph itself and also autocrat [19], automatic [18] (a derivative of automaton [17], which was formed from a hypothetical base *men- ‘think’ related to mental and mind), autonomy [17], and autopsy [17] (originally meaning ‘eye-witness’, and derived from Greek optós ‘seen’, source of English optic), are original Greek formations.

But the 19th and particularly the 20th century have seen a mass of new coinages, notably in scientific and technical terminology, including such familiar words as autism, autobiography, autoerotic, autofocus, autogiro, autoimmune, automotive, autosuggestion, and of course automobile (originally a French formation of the 1870s). Automobile has itself, of course, given rise to a completely new use for the auto- prefix, with the general connotation of ‘motorized transport’, as in autobus, autocar, autocycle, and the German autobahn.
autograph (n.): "a person's signature," 1791, from Latin autographum, from Greek autographon, neuter of autographos "written with one's own hand," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + graphein "to write" (originally "to scratch;" see -graphy). Used earlier (1640s) to mean "author's own manuscript."
autograph (v.): "to sign one's name," 1837, from autograph (n.). Related: Autographed; autographing. Earlier "to write with one's own hand" (1818).

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例句和用法

1. Young autograph hunters clustered around the players' entrance.: 年轻人都挤在演员入口处索要签名。

2. He went backstage and asked for her autograph.: 他去后台跟她要了签名。

3. Does she ever get asked for her autograph?: 有人向她索要过签名吗？

4. Could I have your autograph?: 我能请你签个名吗？

5. I asked the author to autograph my book.: 我请作者在书上亲笔签名.