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/ʃɔ͟ː(r)thænd/
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]速记;速记法 Shorthand is a quick way of writing and uses signs to represent words or syllables. Shorthand is used by secretaries and journalists to write down what someone is saying.
  • Ben took notes in shorthand.

    本用速记法记笔记。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](对某事)简略的表达方式 You can use shorthand to mean a quick or simple way of referring to something.
  [also a N]
  • 'Third World' is an abstraction, a form of shorthand...

    “第三世界”是个抽象概念,是一种简称。

  • The fiction that 'he' is a neutral shorthand for 'he or she' is no longer acceptable to many.

    认为“他”是“他或她”的中性简称的这种说法,很多人已不再接受。


Oxford short·hand / ˈʃɔːthænd ; NAmE ˈʃɔːrthænd / noun 1 ( NAmE also sten·og·raphy ) [uncountable ] a quick way of writing using special signs or abbreviations, used especially to record what sb is saying 速记(法) typing and shorthand 打字和速记 to take sth down in shorthand 用速记记录某事 a shorthand typist 速记打字员 2 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually singular ] shorthand(for sth) a shorter way of saying or referring to sth, which may not be as accurate as the more complicated way of saying it (对某事)简略的表达方式 short·hand / ˈʃɔːthænd ; NAmE ˈʃɔːrthænd /
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shorthandshort‧hand /ˈʃɔːthænd $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ noun [uncountable]
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1a fast method of writing using special signs or shorter forms to represent letters, words, and phrasesin shorthand The reporter took notes in shorthand. a secretary who takes shorthand (=writes in shorthand)
longhand
2a shorter but less clear way of saying somethingshorthand for He’s been ‘relocated’, which is shorthand for ‘given a worse job a long way away’.
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shorthand

[ˈʃɔ:thænd]

CET6TEM4考研
n14968
771
107
118
190
169
187
NOUN16044
21012

Spoken:

15390754
速记(90%),缩写(10%)
n.速记;速记法
adj.速记法的

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