au‧thor 1 W2 AC / ɔθə $ ɒθər / 名词 [可数名词]

1 someone who has written a book 同义词 writer :

Nothomb is a Belgian author.

author of

He was the author of two books on China.

It’s clear that the author is a woman.

2 formal the person who starts a plan or idea 同义词 initiator

author of

the author of the state reforms

— authorial / ɔθɔriəl $ ɒ- / 形容词 [仅用于名词前]

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

a famous/well-known author The famous author Henry James lived here.

a best-selling author Ian McEwan is a best-selling author.

a children’s author the children’s author Roald Dahl

your favourite author Who’s your favourite author?

a prolific author (= one who writes many books ) She is also a prolific author with more than 70 books published.

a contributing author (= someone who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine, or who writes part of a book, report etc ) Ms Gomez was a contributing author to Chapter 1 of the WG II Report.

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