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transcribe

UK/træn'skraɪb/US/træn'skraib/
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To write out speech, music, or another text in a new form.

转录;抄写

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
trans-across, beyond
+
scribewrite, scratch
=transcribe

To transcribe is to write something across into another form: speech into text, notes into notation, or DNA into RNA.

Root script still carries 46 more words

Common Collocations

  • 1.transcribe an interview转录采访
  • 2.transcribe a speech转录演讲
  • 3.[transcribe notes]抄录笔记
  • 4.transcribe music改编乐曲

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The assistant transcribed the interview overnight.

Word Forms

Verb

Pasttranscribed
3rd Persontranscribes
Past Part.transcribed
Pres. Part.transcribing

Derivatives

transcripttranscriptiontranscriptional
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