penman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A scribe, or a person who copies texts.
  2. A person with writing skills; a journalist or other author.
    — [T]he holy Pen-men of the Nevv Teſtament ſeem to have borrovv'd and apply'd it [the word mystery] to ſome of the Great and Arduous Truths of Chriſtianity, ſuch as human Reaſon cannot give a clear and explicit Account of.
  3. A forger. slang
    — Forgers, counterfeiters (penmen) and other such intellectuals have a certain standing in the underworld and even pickpockets are respected more or less as the masters of a difficult art, but they do not rank with the princes of the big con […]

词形变化

penmen plural

词汇关系

衍生词
penmanship
并列词
penwoman

词源

Etymology tree
English pen
English -man
English penman
From pen + -man.
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