“cursive” 指“草写体的、连笔的”(尤指手写体),字母之间通常相连,书写更流畅;也可指“草写体/连笔字”本身。(另有较少见用法表示“粗略的、草率的”。)
/ˈkɝːsɪv/
She wrote my name in cursive.
她用连笔字写了我的名字。
Although the form looked official, the instructions were written in cursive so ornate that many people struggled to read them.
尽管表格看起来很正式,但说明是用非常花哨的连笔体写的,很多人读起来很吃力。
“cursive” 来自拉丁语 cursivus,意为“奔跑的、快速的”,源于 currere(“跑”)。引申到书写上,表示“快速书写的体式”,也就是字母连写、笔画更流动的手写风格。