a book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed 手写本 an illuminated manuscript. 有彩饰的手写本。 ■an author's handwritten or typed text that has not yet been published (尚未出版的)手写稿;打字稿 several manuscripts in his own hand. 几部是他手迹的手稿。 her autobiography remained in manuscript. 她的自传还是手稿,尚未出版。
语源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin manuscriptus, from manu 'by hand' + scriptus 'written' (past participle of scribere)