1N-COUNT [oft inNOUN]手稿;原稿 A manuscript is a handwritten or typed document, especially a writer's first version of a book before it is published. 手稿;原稿
He had seen a manuscript of the book.
他见过这本书的手稿。
...discovering an original manuscript of the song in Paris.
在巴黎发现这首歌的原稿
I am grateful to him for letting me read his early chapters in manuscript.
他让我拜读了其手稿的前几章,对此我十分感激。
2N-COUNT (未发明印刷术之前的)手抄本,手写本 A manuscript is an old document that was written by hand before printing was invented. (未发明印刷术之前的)手抄本,手写本