| 释义 |
stenographer|stɪˈnɒgrəfə(r)|
[f. stenograph-y + -er1.]
A shorthand writer. Now also spec. a shorthand typist.
1809W. Irving Knickerb. vi. ii. (1820) 365 My predecessors, who were furnished, as I am told, with the speeches of all their heroes taken down in shorthand by the most accurate stenographers of the time. 1862B. Taylor Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. vii. 449 A practised stenographer..took down many of these communications as they were spoken. 1893F. M. Crawford Marion Darche I. v. 136 John had sent for his stenographer. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §939 Stenographer,..shorthand typist; wholly engaged in taking down letters,..etc., in shorthand from dictation of another, and in transcribing them on typewriter. 1978A. Maling Lucky Devil xxx. 159 Taught herself stenotyping, and now she's a legal stenographer. |