| 单词 |
tachygraph |
| 释义 |
tachygraph|ˈtækɪgrɑːf, -græf|
[a. F. tachygraphe, ad. Gr. ταχυγράϕος a swift writer, a scribe, f. ταχύ-ς swift + -γράϕος writing, writer.]
1. One who practises tachygraphy; a writer of shorthand, a stenographer; spec. one of the shorthand writers of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
1810Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 114/2 If all the speeches..were faithfully represented by the bench of tachygraphes. 1865M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 87 Of Greek scribes there were two kinds, the tachygraph (ταχυγράϕος), and the calligraph (καλλιγράϕος). 1895Farrar Gather. Clouds II. 142 The other tachygraph, Phocas, had also reported this sermon.
2. A tachygraphic manuscript or writing. Also, a tachygraphic sign.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1965E. V. K. Dobbie in Language XLI. 153 The inventory of the allographs (including nonalphabetic allographs, such as tachygraphs).
Hence taˈchygrapher, taˈchygraphist, a shorthand writer, a stenographer; = sense 1.
1887Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Tachygrapher. 1891in Cent. Dict. 1895Farrar Gather. Clouds II. 151 That you..may injure my reputation as a tachygraphist. |
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