manuscript
n
(abbr 缩写 MS)
1 thing written by hand, not typed or printed 手稿
[attrib 作定语]
a manuscript copy of a typed letter 一份打字信的手稿.
2 author's work when written or typed (ie not yet a printed book) (作家手写或打字的)原稿, 草稿(即尚未印刷成书者)
submit a manuscript toan editor 把原稿交给编辑.
3 (idm 习语) in `manuscriptnot yet printed 未付印的
Her poems are still in manuscript.她的诗尚未付印.
I have some difficulty in pronouncing some of the words in English.
我有些英语单词发音不好。
You were very kind. You brought out all your jewellery and you told me I could take anything I wanted. There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose. And then I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.