scrip

IPA/skrɪp/
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scrip — 名詞

  • scripsingular
  • scripsplural

1. an informal word for a doctor's prescription: a paper or digital order showing w

1.名詞C2
釋義

處方單

醫生開給病人領藥或治療的單子

an informal word for a doctor's prescription: a paper or digital order showing what drugs or care a patient should receive

例句

The nurse faxed my scrip to the pharmacy before lunch.

護士在中午前把我的處方單傳到藥局。

send a scrip to the pharmacy

Could you renew my scrip for the asthma inhaler?

可以幫我續開氣喘吸入器的處方單嗎？

renew a scrip for medicine

同義詞
  • prescription

    the neutral full form used in general medical contexts

  • script

    a more common clipped form in casual North American healthcare speech

文法句型

renew a scrip

send a scrip to the pharmacy

show a scrip before collecting medicine

用法筆記

Most often used in informal talk about getting, renewing, or sending a prescription. In formal medical writing, the full word prescription is more usual.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor wrote me a scrip for advice.
✅The doctor wrote me a scrip for antibiotics.
💡A scrip in this sense orders medicine or treatment, not general advice.
❌I forgot my scrip, so I could not pay the bus fare.
✅I forgot my scrip, so the pharmacy would not give me the medicine.
💡This sense is a medical order, not a payment paper.

2. a paper certificate, voucher, or temporary money that can be exchanged for share

2.名詞C2
釋義

代用券；憑證

可兌換股份、現金或貨物的票據

a paper certificate, voucher, or temporary money that can be exchanged for shares, cash, land, food, or another thing of value

例句

Workers were paid in emergency scrip after the flood.

洪水過後，工人們領到的是臨時代用券，不是現金。

pay people in temporary paper money

The mine store accepted only company scrip on payday.

礦場商店發薪日只收公司代用券。

同義詞
  • voucher

    common when the paper is used for buying goods or services

  • certificate

    broader and often more formal for a paper proving a right or claim

  • token

    usually smaller in value and often limited to a specific place or event

反義詞
  • cash

    ordinary money, not a special paper representing a later claim

文法句型

pay workers in scrip

exchange scrip for land

issue stock scrip

accept company scrip

用法筆記

Often appears with words like company, stock, land, or emergency to show what the holder can receive. In history and finance contexts, it often refers to limited-use paper rather than normal cash.

常見錯誤

❌The company paid us in scrip, so I took it to the doctor.
✅The company paid us in scrip, so I spent it at the company store.
💡This sense is a value paper, not a medical prescription.
❌The town printed scrip as its permanent national currency.
✅The town printed scrip for temporary use after the bank closed.
💡Scrip is usually special-use or temporary, not regular state money.