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shorthand

/shawrt-hand/US // ˈʃɔrtˌhænd //UK // (ˈʃɔːtˌhænd) //

速记,速记法,速记本,简称

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases.
    • : a simplified or makeshift manner or system of communication: We spoke in a kind of pidgin shorthand to overcome the language barrier.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : using or able to use shorthand.
    • : written in shorthand.
    • : of or relating to shorthand.

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Examples

  • Hugh Newell Jacobsen’s work could be difficult to characterize and often left critics floundering for shorthand descriptions.

  • Since then, GameStop has become shorthand for short investors getting “squeezed” as they scramble to cover their losses.

  • Users celebrated their “tendies,” a shorthand for chicken tenders that meant profits.

  • So employers might consider the idea of hiring immigrants as shorthand for hiring people who’ve worked outside traditional systems to advance, who’ve grappled with trauma or uncertainty, who’ve seen some life.

  • They should only be used as a shorthand for personnel, not necessarily for a formation.

  • She said Wright, whom the girl refers to as the shorthand “J,” also sensed that the heat was on.

  • In doing these interviews and talking about her these past seasons, have you developed a shorthand for describing her personality?

  • That serves as shorthand for Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Porsche.

  • Throw in the period setting and “like Mad Men during WWII” shorthand becomes inevitable.

  • The media, forever starved for lazy shorthand, have gone along with the labeling too.

  • By this new species of shorthand we might have embodied this very article in half a dozen sprightly etchings!

  • Is it possible that money orders could be sent to someone just by using initials or some shorthand name?

  • He takes the precaution to station a shorthand writer in a concealed part of the room.

  • It seems strangely like old times to me to be making these jottings in Pitman's shorthand.

  • "I'm needing another shorthand man, and I can afford to pay a good bit more than that," he growled.