来自 short,短的，缩写的，hand,手，书写。比较 longhand.

1. "Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.

“第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I took down his comments in shorthand.

我用速记法把他的评论记录了下来。

来自柯林斯例句

3. to take sth down in shorthand

用速记记录某事

来自《权威词典》

4. Shorthand and typewriting have been described as the twin arts.

速记和打字被说成是一对孪生技巧.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Instead of writing her shorthand by hand, she could use a machine.

她可以不用手, 而使用一种带键盘的机器进行速记.

来自《简明英汉词典》