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单词 olivetti
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Olivettin.

Brit. /ˌɒlᵻˈvɛti/, U.S. /ˌɑləˈvɛdi/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Olivetti.
Etymology: < Olivetti, the name of the Italian typewriter-manufacturing company (founded in 1908).
A proprietary name for: a make of typewriter. Hence (more widely): any (esp. portable) typewriter.
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Remington1846
Varityper1928
Palantype1940
Olivetti1949
Flexowriter1955
Selectric1964
1949 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Mar. 255/1 Olivetti... Typewriters.
1965 W. H. Auden About House (1966) 18 The Olivetti portable, The dictionaries (the very Best money can buy).
1968 Listener 28 Nov. 736/1 You can still go for a walk down Gloucester Crescent and below the chatter of a dozen Olivettis catch the soft murmur of extra-marital associations.
1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 44 What I'm thinking of doing right now,..is to blatter away at the old Olivetti and see what dances on to the page.
1994 J. Malcom Silent Woman The letters we used to write to one another in the 1950s and '60s on our manual Olivettis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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