n.[C]

1. （尤指古代印刷术发明之前的）抄写员
   These palace records were copied out three and a half thousand years ago by an Egyptian scribe.

   这些宫廷的记录是三千五百年前一位埃及的抄写员抄出来的。

2. 文牍，文书
3. （古代犹太教的）法律学家；经文抄写者
4. 作家，新闻记者
5. 划线器

vt.

1. 用划线器在……上面划线；划出，刻出

vi.

1. 担任抄写员（或文牍、文书等）；缮写

n.

1. historical a person who copied out documents.
   ▸informal, often humorous a writer, especially a journalist.
2. Jewish History  an ancient Jewish record-keeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist.
3. (also scriber or scribe awl) a pointed instrument used for making marks to guide a saw or in signwriting.

v.

1. chiefly literary write.
2. mark with a pointed instrument.