| 释义 |
Palantype|ˈpæləntaɪp|
[f. the name Palan(que (see quot. 1940) + type n.1]
The proprietary name of a machine for typing in shorthand; also, the system of shorthand used. Hence ˈpalantypist.
1940Trade Marks Jrnl. 14 Aug. 782/1 Palantype... Typewriters and parts thereof, typewriter inks, typewriter ribbons, typewriting paper, and stands for typewriters (not being furniture). Clementine Camille Marie Palanque,..London,..manufacturer. 1959Times 9 Apr. 3/1 Palantype operator..required by Uganda Government. 1959Economist 23 May 745/2 The institute's courses range from the training of district officers to that of clerks, typists and palantypists. 1964Financial Times 25 Feb. 6/7 The small nucleus of reporting palantypists, the ladies who translate scientific jargon into shorthand hieroglyphs on a small, silent, rubber keyboard—later to convert it back. 1970Nature 12 Sept. 1090/2 Several major hurdles still have to be overcome to transpose the twenty-nine symbols of palantype, the British form of mechanical shorthand, into proper English. |