Online Google Dictionary

transcribe 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/tranˈskrīb/,
Font size:

transcribed, past tense; transcribed, past participle; transcribes, 3rd person singular present; transcribing, present participle;
  1. Put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form
    • - each interview was taped and transcribed
  2. Transliterate (foreign characters) or write or type out (shorthand, notes, or other abbreviated forms) into ordinary characters or full sentences

  3. Arrange (a piece of music) for a different instrument, voice, or group of these
    • - his largest early work was transcribed for organ
  4. Synthesize (a nucleic acid, typically RNA) using an existing nucleic acid, typically DNA, as a template, thus copying the genetic information in the latter


  1. write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
  2. transliterate: rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
  3. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
  4. make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
  5. convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
  6. (transcribed) canned: recorded for broadcast; "a transcribed announcement"; "canned laughter"
  7. (Transcribing) Transcription in the linguistic sense is the conversion of a representation of language into another representation of language, usually in the same language but in a different form. A transcriptionist is a person who performs transcription.
  8. (Transcribed) This chemical process takes place in the nucleus of the cell during cell division. A strand of messenger RNA is constructed by a chemical messenger that moves along the unwound portion of DNA, using it as a template.
  9. (Transcribing) Notating what you hear, or learning a song from a recording by repeating it phrase by phrase, to sound exactly like the recording.
  10. To undergo transcription. In order for the DNA code of a gene to result in the production of a specific protein, the gene must first be transcribed.
  11. to make a written copy of songs or music, in either notation or tablature form.
  12. transfer data from one form of record to another or from one method of preparation to another without changing the nature of the data.