• n. 速記；速記法
• adj. 速記法的

來自 short,短的，縮寫的，hand,手，書寫。比較 longhand.

shorthand (n.)

method of rapid writing, 1636, from short (adj.) in the "rapid" sense + hand (n.) "handwriting."

1. "Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.

“第三世界”是個抽象概念，是一種簡稱。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I took down his comments in shorthand.

我用速記法把他的評論記錄了下來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. to take sth down in shorthand

用速記記錄某事

來自《權威詞典》

4. Shorthand and typewriting have been described as the twin arts.

速記和打字被說成是一對孿生技巧.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Instead of writing her shorthand by hand, she could use a machine.

她可以不用手, 而使用一種帶鍵盤的機器進行速記.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》