writingwrit•ing /'raɪtɪŋ/

n

1. U 书写；写作

• reading and writing 阅读与写作

• He is engaged in writing. 他从事写作。

2. U 书面形式

• in writing or orally 用书面或口头形式

• apply in writing 提出书面申请

3. C, 常用复 著作；文学作品

• the writings of Swift 斯威夫特的作品

• writings on uranium fisson 论述铀核裂变的著作

4. U 写作生涯

• In 1991 he retired from politics and took up writing as a career. 1991年后，他弃政从文了。

5. U 书法，笔迹

• I cannot make out his writing. 我辨认不出他的笔迹。

词组the writing on the wall 不祥之兆，凶兆