单词 | electric typewriter |
释义 | > as lemmaselectric typewriter electric typewriter n. ΚΠ 1887 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 18 May James F. McLaughlin, a young electrician of Philadelphia, has invented an electric typewriter which is spoken of as a formidable rival to the telephone and telegraph. 1959 F. O'Connor Let. 3 Apr. in Habit of Being (1980) 326 I am congratulating you on the electric typewriter... I can see the value of it when you have a manuscript to type. 2007 Northern Echo (Nexis) 30 Jan. 10 The way he writes is prehistoric—first in longhand then on a decrepit electric typewriter. He says computers are beyond him. < as lemmas |
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