- (North American English also stenography)[uncountable]
a quick way of writing using special signs or abbreviations, used especially to record what somebody is saying 速记(法) typing and shorthand 打字和速记 - in shorthand
to take something down in shorthand 用速记记录某事 a shorthand typist 速记打字员 shorthand notes 速记笔记 to do shorthand 做速记
Extra ExamplesA shorthand writer will make a transcript. 速记员会根据速记记录整理出文字稿。 Her secretary was taking shorthand. 她的秘书正在做速记。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + shorthand- learn
- do
- take
- …
- typist
- writer
- notes
- …
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular] shorthand (for something)
a shorter way of saying or referring to something, which may not be as accurate as the more complicated way of saying it (对某事)简略的表达方式 Extra ExamplesSmoking became visual shorthand for ‘cool and rebellious’. 吸烟成了“耍酷和叛逆”的视觉代码。 The term ‘machine’ is used as a convenient shorthand for the total hardware and software system. “机器”这个词用作整个硬件和软件系统的便称。 a shorthand way of talking about this situation 谈论这一状况的简略方法
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- convenient
- useful
- visual
- …
- use something as
- become
- description
- term
- way
- …
- shorthand for