in manuscript
in manuscript — idiom
1. existing as an author's original handwritten or typed pages, not yet published o
existing as an author's original handwritten or typed pages, not yet published or printed in its final book or document form
The novel circulated in manuscript among friends for years before reaching a publisher.
position after verb: 'circulated in manuscript'
Three copies of the report survive in manuscript; the rest were lost.
Dr. Wei discovered a 17th-century play that had come down to us only in manuscript.
The historian found the composer's final symphony still in manuscript, with corrections in the margins.
文法句型
used as adverbial after verb or as complement after noun
用法筆記
Common in academic and literary contexts when referring to works that were never printed during the author's lifetime or that survive only in hand-copied form. Frequently follows verbs such as 'survive', 'exist', 'circulate', or nouns such as 'copy', 'version'.