typewriter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 [ˈtaɪpˌɹaɪtə(ɹ)]   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
  2. One who uses a typewriter; a typist. archaic
    — So many mongrel words, like typist and typewritist, have been introduced, we propose a fixed designation of—typewriter, to mean the person who writes, and writing machine, the device.
  3. A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing). US,dated,slang
    — The battle had opened in earnest. From the wooded ridge came in reply the clacking of "typewriters,” and bullets whined over our heads.
  4. A prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.

词形变化

typewriters plural

词汇关系

近义词
typographer
衍生词
blind typewriter Chicago typewriter Jewish typewriter memory typewriter microtypewriter telephone typewriter TV typewriter typewriter apostrophe typewriterless typewriterlike typewriter-paired typewritery
相关词
type typewrite typist write touch-typist

词源

From type + writer.
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