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单词 stenograph
释义

stenograph

[ sten-uh-graf, -grahf ]
/ ˈstɛn əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
a character written in shorthand.

verb (used with object)

to write in shorthand.

Origin of stenograph

First recorded in 1815–25; steno- + -graph

Words nearby stenograph

stenobath, stenobathic, stenocardia, stenocephaly, stenochoria, stenograph, stenographer, stenography, stenohaline, stenopeic, stenopetalous
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Example sentences from the Web for stenograph

  • I cannot repeat what he said; I was too much engrossed to take my notebook out, and begin to stenograph his story.

    The Personal Life Of David Livingstone|William Garden Blaikie
  • Did she have any sort of a machine, such as a stenograph, as the gentleman who is serving as court reporter has?

    Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Slowly she tottered to the desk and sank down into her chair by the stenograph.

    Category Phoenix|Boyd Ellanby
  • I cannot repeat what he said; I was too much engrossed to take my note-book out and begin to stenograph his story.

    Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for stenograph

stenograph
/ (ˈstɛnəˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf) /

noun

any of various keyboard machines for writing in shorthand
any character used in shorthand

verb

(tr) to record (speeches, minutes, letters, etc) in shorthand
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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