| 词组 | playwright, playwrite |
| 释义 | playwright, playwrite The -wright in playwright is from an obsolete sense of wright that meant "maker" (in the formation of words such as wheelwright, shipwright, and wainwright it means "maker" or "worker in wood"). The potential for confusion with write is always lurking in playwright, though it finds its way into print less frequently than you might think—so infrequently that playwrite remains a misspelling. • A simplistic work about an idealistic black playwrite —New York, 3 Feb. 1975 When we move to verb and verbal use, though, the dormant tension between the two spellings and between the equally appropriate meanings of their second elements rises to the surface. A few usage commentators try to beat it back down again: "A playwright is engaged in playwriting," says Bremner 1980. "The chap who writes plays is a playwright, but ... he is engaged in playwriting, not playwrighting," proclaims Bernstein 1977. In actual practice, playwriting and playwrighting are almost equally common: • ... the art of playwriting —Frank M. Whiting, An Introduction to the Theatre, 1954 • ... most of my playwriting life —S. N. Behrman, New Yorker, 20 May 1972 • ... lecturing, playwriting, and lashing out at the pessimists —Kathleen Tynan, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 18 Nov. 1979 • To study playwrighting —William Saroyan, Not Dying, 1963 • ... an Obie Award for playwrighting —Glenna Sloan, Language Arts, November-December 1981 |
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