typewriter

英 [ˈtaɪpraɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈtaɪpraɪtər]

n.  打字机

复数：typewriters　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7660 / COCA.9870

牛津词典

noun

• 打字机
  a machine that produces writing similar to print. It has keys that you press to make metal letters or signs hit a piece of paper through a strip of cloth covered with ink.

柯林斯词典

• 打字机
  Atypewriteris a machine with keys which are pressed in order to print letters, numbers, or other characters onto paper.

英英释义

noun

• hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time

双语例句

• She handed over a form, then bobbed down again behind a typewriter.
  她递过来一张表格，随后又立刻埋头在打字机后面忙活起来。
• She has recently begun to slouch over her typewriter.
  最近，她坐在打字机前就开始变得无精打采的。
• I think it's time to buy a new typewriter.
  我想是该买打字机的时候了。
• The typewriter is obsolete.
  这架打字机老掉牙了。
• No, I don't.I usually use a typewriter.
  不，我不总用。我经常用打字机。
• My typewriter is useless now because I've bought a computer.
  我的打字机如今没用了，因为我买了一台电脑。
• But the girl next door loaned me her typewriter; she really saved my skin.
  结果我的打字机坏了。幸好我隔壁的那个女孩把她的打字机借了给我，这可真是救了我的命。
• Yesterday he borrowed my typewriter. I hope he returns it soon.
  昨天他借了我的打字机。我希望他不久能还我。
• I got my typewriter fixed.
  我请人修理了打字机。
• There was a comfortable-looking clerk on duty, tapping away on a manual typewriter
  有个神态安适的办事员在当班，在手动打字机上啪嗒啪嗒地打着字。