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单词 stenographer
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stenographer
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A stenographer is someone who types what people say. You have to listen carefully and type very fast to be a stenographer.
On TV shows, you may have noticed someone typing everything the judge, lawyers, and witnesses say in a courtroom. That's the stenographer. To be a stenographer, you have to type or write quickly and be skilled at shorthand. The act of taking dictation is referred to as stenography. Like a photographer captures images, a stenographer captures words.
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stenographer: stenographers+/stenographic: stenographically/stenography: stenographer, stenographic, stenographical
USAGE EXAMPLES
Later, while training to be a court stenographer, she served drinks at Karma, in the East Village.
New York Times(Nov 02, 2016)
The three discussed the failures of the U.S. media, which so often acts as a stenographer to power.
Salon(Nov 04, 2016)
Fisher still has the telegram the FBI sent her in 1941, offering her a job as a stenographer.
Washington Times(Oct 07, 2016)
n someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
Syn|Hyper
amanuensis, shorthand typist
secretarial assistant, secretary
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
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