autograph

• n. 亲笔，手稿；亲笔签名
• vt. 亲笔签名于…；亲笔书写

词态变化

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).

双语例句

1. Young autograph hunters clustered around the players' entrance.

年轻人都挤在演员入口处索要签名。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He went backstage and asked for her autograph.

他去后台跟她要了签名。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Does she ever get asked for her autograph?

有人向她索要过签名吗？

来自柯林斯例句

4. Could I have your autograph?

我能请你签个名吗？

来自《权威词典》

5. I asked the author to autograph my book.

我请作者在书上亲笔签名.

来自《简明英汉词典》