| 单词 | shorthand |
| 释义 | shorthand (once / 4481 pages) nadj Shorthand is a way of writing quickly, using a lot of abbreviations. Reporters often use shorthand during interviews to keep up with how fast people talk. It can be hard to write as fast as people speak, and that's where shorthand comes in. Shorthand is a method of rapidly transcribing exactly what someone says using special symbols, the way a court stenographer or a newspaper reporter does. It's less common to use shorthand these days, with the availability of recording devices, but in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was standard in offices. WORD FAMILYshorthand: shorthandedly, shorthands USAGE EXAMPLESThe word “emails” became shorthand for alleged criminal behavior by Hillary Clinton. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) The meaning of that shorthand changed depending on the context. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) PrEP, shorthand for pre-exposure prophylaxis, changes the dynamics of HIV prevention, they say. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a method of writing rapidly Syn|Hyper stenography, tachygraphy hand, handwriting, script something written by hand 2adj written in abbreviated or symbolic form shorthand notes Syn written set down in writing in any of various ways |
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