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writer

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writ·er /ˈraɪtə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countableC]  
1  ALWRITEsomeone who writes books, stories etc, especially as a job 〔尤指职业〕作家；作者 → author, playwright
 She’s one of my favourite writers.
她是我最喜欢的作家之一。
 a science-fiction writer
科幻小说作家
writer on
 a well-known writer on American music
著名的美国音乐乐评人
writer of
 a writer of children’s stories
儿童故事作家
2  someone who has written something or who writes in a particular way 写…的人；写字…的人
 He’s always been a sloppy writer.
他写字向来潦草。
writer of
 the writer of the previous message on this topic
这个话题前一条消息的留言人
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + writer
a good/great writer
She was a very good writer.
Dr Johnson was already a great writer at the age of thirty-five.
a fiction/science-fiction/mystery writer
The movie is based on a story by science-fiction writer Phillip K. Dick.
a travel/history/sports etc writer (=someone who writes articles and books about a subject)
This region of Europe does not excite many travel writers.
a prolific writer (=someone who writes a lot of books etc)
He was a prolific writer of everything from poems to essays.
a freelance writer
She now works as a freelance writer.
n THESAURUS
writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job
Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.
a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine
I always wanted to be a writer.
author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book
Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.
The author will be signing copies of his book.
He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.
the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
poet someone who writes poems
a class studying the works of modern American poets
playwright someone who writes plays
Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
dramatist someone who writes plays – used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past
the great French dramatist, Moliere
scriptwriter (also screenwriter) someone who writes plays for films or television
Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website
a travel blogger
a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English
Examples from the Corpus
writer• a writer of romantic novels• Do you have any books by modern American writers?• I enjoy reading American writers.• Among his influences, he places Wynton Marsalis and writer Stanley Goode.• Rush is a poet and writer of fiction.• The best writers manage to have sympathy for all their characters; there is always more than one side to represent.• These, however, are indicated in scores and livrets and noted by contemporary writers on opera performance.• When I was young, I wanted to be a famous writer.• Feminist writers have wanted, of course, to indict the various forms of brutality and coercion from which women have suffered.• Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.• However, in interviews last week, several former Forbes writers and editors confirmed the report in Fortune.• a political writer for the New York Times• Some writers and journalists ridiculed her appeals, which were often received with hostility by militant students.
writer on• a well-known writer on religion
From Longman Business Dictionary
writerwrit·er /ˈraɪtə-ər/ noun [countableC]
1FINANCE someone who sells PUT OPTION and CALL OPTION contracts
→ naked writer
2INSURANCE a person or company that provides insurance contractsSYN UNDERWRITER
a writer of property and casualty policies
writ·er noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1
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