Shorthand
['ʃɔːthænd] or ['ʃɔrthænd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a method of writing rapidly.
(adj.) written in abbreviated or symbolic form; 'shorthand notes' .
弗朗西丝編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.
康拉德編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- What a difficult kind of shorthand! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He had invented a shorthand of his own, which he taught me, but, not having practised it, I have now forgotten it. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me his shorthand volumes of sermons to set up with, if I would learn shorthand. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Sonny,' he said, 'if these politicians had their speeches published as they deliver them, a great many shorthand writers would be out of a job. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I was a shorthand writer, but seldom took down from Edison's dictation, unless it was on some technical subject that I did not understand. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
整理:莫顿