西瓜单词

shorthand是什么意思

shorthand

英 ['ʃɔːthænd] 美 ['ʃɔrthænd]

shorthand 速记，速记法

来自 short,短的，缩写的，hand,手，书写。比较 longhand.

shorthand (n.): method of rapid writing, 1636, from short (adj.) in the "rapid" sense + hand (n.) "handwriting."

1. "Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.

“第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Shorthand and typewriting have been described as the twin arts.: 速记和打字被说成是一对孪生技巧.

5. Instead of writing her shorthand by hand, she could use a machine.: 她可以不用手, 而使用一种带键盘的机器进行速记.