n.[C]

1. （尤指古代印刷術發明之前的）抄寫員
   These palace records were copied out three and a half thousand years ago by an Egyptian scribe.

   這些宮廷的記錄是三千五百年前一位埃及的抄寫員抄出來的。

2. 文牘，文書
3. （古代猶太教的）法律學家；經文抄寫者
4. 作家，新聞記者
5. 劃線器

vt.

1. 用劃線器在……上面劃線；劃出，刻出

vi.

1. 擔任抄寫員（或文牘、文書等）；繕寫

n.

1. historical a person who copied out documents.
   ▸informal, often humorous a writer, especially a journalist.
2. Jewish History  an ancient Jewish record-keeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist.
3. (also scriber or scribe awl) a pointed instrument used for making marks to guide a saw or in signwriting.

v.

1. chiefly literary write.
2. mark with a pointed instrument.