writ‧er S3 W2 / raɪtə $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]

1 someone who writes books, stories etc, especially as a job → author , playwright :

She’s one of my favourite writers.

a science-fiction writer

writer on

a well-known writer on American music

writer of

a writer of children’s stories

2 someone who has written something or who writes in a particular way :

He’s always been a sloppy writer.

writer of

the writer of the previous message on this topic

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.

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