autograph

名词 autograph:

1. something written by one's own hand
2. a person's own signature
   同义词：John Hancock

动词 autograph:

1. mark with one's signature
   同义词：inscribe

1. Autographs considered as a group.
   签名册亲笔签名组成的册子
2. I've got lots of famous footballers' autographs.
   我有许多著名足球运动员的亲笔签名。

au.to.graph

n.（名词）
A person`s own signature or handwriting.
亲笔签名：某个人自己的签名或书法
A manuscript in the author`s handwriting.
手稿：作者以手写体写出的草稿
v.tr.（及物动词）
au.to.graphed,au.to.graph.ing,au.to.graphs
To write one`s name or signature on or in; sign.
亲笔签字：在其上或其里亲笔写上某人的名字；签字
To write in one`s own handwriting.
签字：以某人自己的字体写
adj.（形容词）
Written in the writer`s own handwriting:
亲笔的：以作者自己的字体写上的：
例句：
an autograph letter.
一封亲笔信

来源：
Late Latin autographum
后期拉丁语 autographum
from neuter of Latin autographus [written with one`s own hand]
源自 拉丁语 autographus的中性词 [亲笔写]
from Greek autographos
源自 希腊语 autographos
auto- [auto-]
auto- [前缀，表示.自己.，.自身.]
graphein [to write] * see -graph
graphein [写] *参见 -graph

【引伸】
au.tograph.ic 或
au.tograph.ical
adj.（形容词）
au.tograph.ically
adv.（副词）