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typewriter

名词 B1

中文: 打字机、打字员

  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. A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing). (US, dated, slang)
  3. 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.

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A maid showed me in without ceremony, and as I entered the sitting-room a lady, who was sitting before a Remington typewriter, sprang up with a pleasant smile of welcome.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第141页 · C1
“What can I tell you about him?” she asked, and her fingers played nervously over the stops of her typewriter.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第142页 · C1

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