| 单词 | speedwriting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpeedwriting Speedwriting n. originally U.S. the proprietary name of a form of shorthand which uses the letters of the alphabet. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > shorthand > [noun] > systems of radiography?1616 polygraphy1747 Tironian notes1828 sound-hand1837 phonography1840 phraseography1845 idiography1847 Pitman1869 Pitman1916 Speedwriting1925 snelskrif1949 1925 Speedwriting (Brief Eng. Systems, Inc.) 7 (caption) Speedwriting, the wonderfully efficient new system of shorthand, developed by Miss Emma B. Dearborn, can be written after a few weeks' study, either by pencil or on any make of type~writer. 1927 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 Aug. 242/1 Speedwriting... Printed Lessons and Examination Sheets Issued from Time to Time. Claims use since Dec. 29, 1924. 1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 439/2 Speedwriting (The Universal Shorthand). 1938 E. B. White Quo Vadimus? 24 They sell a new kind of shorthand course, called the Quigley Method of Intensive Speedwriting. 1962 New Scientist 5 July 11/1 Part of the Speedwriting method is to cut out most of the vowels and unnecessary movement in making other letters. 1976 T. Stoppard Dirty Linen 24 You do speedwriting I suppose?.. Yes, if I'm given enough time. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 84/1 Every Sloane secretarial college has a nimbus of girls with their shorthand books or red speed~writing books. < as lemmas |
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