autograph
autograph — 名詞
- autographsingular
- autographsplural
1. a celebrity's own name, written by hand on something like a photo, book, or shir
親筆簽名
名人在物品上留給粉絲收藏的簽名
a celebrity's own name, written by hand on something like a photo, book, or shirt, which a fan keeps as a souvenir.
Mia waited two hours outside the stadium just to get Messi's autograph on her jersey.
Mia 在球場外等了兩個小時，只為了在球衣上拿到梅西的親筆簽名。
get + someone's autograph
The actor signed his autograph on a small notebook for a young fan in the front row.
那位演員在前排一位年輕粉絲的小筆記本上簽下他的親筆簽名。
sign + autograph
Daniel's prized possession is a baseball with the autographs of all the 1998 Yankees players.
Daniel 最珍惜的物品是一顆有 1998 年洋基隊全體球員親筆簽名的棒球。
the autographs of [people]
Could I have your autograph for my daughter? She watches every one of your films.
可以幫我女兒簽個親筆簽名嗎？您的每一部電影她都看過。
polite request: have your autograph
After the concert, fans crowded the stage door hoping for an autograph from the lead singer.
演唱會結束後，粉絲擠在後台門口，希望能拿到主唱的親筆簽名。
- get someone's autograph
- ask for an autograph
- sign an autograph
- an autograph book
- autograph hunter
- signature
a more general word; used for documents and forms, not just for fans
文法句型
someone's autograph
用法筆記
Distinguish from the everyday word 'signature': an autograph is given as a keepsake by a celebrity to a fan, while a signature is what anyone writes on a contract, letter, or cheque.
常見錯誤
autograph — 動詞
- autographpresent simple I / you / we / they
- autographs3rd person singular
- autographing-ing form
- autographedpast simple
1. if a famous person autographs an object such as a book, photo, or piece of cloth
親筆簽名於
名人在物品上為粉絲簽下自己的名字
if a famous person autographs an object such as a book, photo, or piece of clothing, they write their name on it as a gift for a fan.
The chef happily autographed Sara's copy of his cookbook after the cooking class.
烹飪課結束後，那位主廚很高興地在 Sara 的食譜書上親筆簽名。
autograph + book / photo (object owned by fan)
Each player took a turn to autograph the football before it was given to the hospital ward.
每位球員都輪流在足球上親筆簽名，之後這顆球被送到醫院的病房。
autograph + object passed between people
The retired astronaut autographed posters for the children visiting the science museum.
那位退休太空人為來科學博物館參觀的孩子們在海報上親筆簽名。
autograph + plural object for + recipients
Would you mind autographing this photo for my grandson, Mr. Federer?
費德勒先生，可以麻煩您在這張照片上幫我孫子親筆簽名嗎？
polite request: autograph + object + for + person
The novel was autographed by the author and now sits on a shelf above Pia's desk.
這本小說由作者親筆簽名，現在就擺在 Pia 書桌上方的層架上。
passive: be autographed by + author
- autograph a book
- autograph a photo
- autograph a baseball
- autograph copies
- personally autograph
文法句型
autograph + something
用法筆記
Subject is normally a celebrity, athlete, author, or other public figure. The object is a physical keepsake belonging to a fan, never an office document. Frequently used in the passive ('was autographed by…').
常見錯誤
autograph — 形容詞
- autographpositive
- more autographcomparative
- most autographsuperlative
1. describes a manuscript, letter, or score that the original author or composer wr
親筆的
由作者本人手寫而非印刷的
describes a manuscript, letter, or score that the original author or composer wrote out themselves, rather than a printed or copied version.
The library paid a record sum for an autograph letter from Charles Dickens to his sister.
那間圖書館花了一筆破紀錄的金額，買下狄更斯寫給妹妹的一封親筆信。
autograph + letter (formal collector context)
Scholars at the museum study the autograph manuscript of Mozart's last symphony every week.
博物館的學者每週都會研究莫札特最後一首交響曲的親筆手稿。
autograph + manuscript
The auction house displayed an autograph score by Beethoven, with notes crossed out in his own ink.
拍賣會展出了一份貝多芬的親筆樂譜，上面還有他用墨水劃掉的修改痕跡。
autograph + score (music)
Only a handful of autograph poems by Emily Dickinson have survived without later editing.
艾蜜莉·狄金生只有少數幾首親筆詩稿留存下來，未經後人改動。
autograph + poems (literary scholarship)
- autograph manuscript
- autograph letter
- autograph score
- autograph copy
- handwritten
everyday word; does not require the writer to be the original author
- holograph
near-synonym in legal and academic use, especially for wills
文法句型
autograph + noun
用法筆記
Used only before a noun, never after a linking verb (so not 'the letter is autograph'). Mostly limited to museums, auction houses, and academic writing about historical documents.
常見錯誤
同根字
- autographed形容詞B2
- autographic形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- autograph book
- autograph hunter
- autograph session
- autograph signing
副詞搭配
常用片語
- sign autographs
- ask for an autograph
- collect autographs
介系詞搭配
- on (a book/photo)
- for (a fan)