sign autographs• Tonight, they accept their lot, and sign autographs and chat with fans with uncharacteristicgenerosity.• In sportsbars, they tout the splendidqualities of ice-brewing, while posing for photos and signing autographs.• Minnie greets guests, signs autographs and poses for photos by her house.• If anyone asks, I sign autographs.• Abdul-Jabbar promised to sign autographs when he returned to pick up his $ 10,000 saddle.• Bondsirritates many writers because of his rudeness, and he turns off some fans with his refusal to sign autographs.• The Derbydefender was signing autographsoutside the ground when he suddenly broke away and roared off home.
autograph2 verb [transitiveT]
WRITEif a famous person autographs a book, photograph etc, they sign it 〔名人〕在…上亲笔签名
a shirt autographed by the whole team
一件有全体队员签名的衬衫
Examples from the Corpus
autograph• A boy at school had broken his ankle playing football, and everyone in school had autographed his cast.• We drew on the cast and autographed it.• The value of Hollywood autographed photographs can vary widely.• They are autographed to my aunt, who worked as a beautician in Hollywood for many years.• Pro or not, Vargas joined Austin and Helmsley in autographingwrestlingmagazines.
Originautograph1
(1600-1700)Late Latinautographum, from Latinautographus“written with your own hand”, from Greek, from auto- ( → AUTO-) + -graphos“written”