ghostwrite
verb🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪt/
🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪt/
(also ghost)
[transitive, often passive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ghostwrite | 🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪt/ 🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪt/ |
| he / she / it ghostwrites | 🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪts/ 🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪts/ |
| past simple ghostwrote | 🔊/ˈɡəʊstrəʊt/ 🔊/ˈɡəʊstrəʊt/ |
| past participle ghostwritten | 🔊/ˈɡəʊstrɪtn/ 🔊/ˈɡəʊstrɪtn/ |
| -ing form ghostwriting | 🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈɡəʊstraɪtɪŋ/ |
to write a book, an article, etc. for another person who publishes it as their own work 代人写作；为人捉刀；代写