“Typewriter” 指“打字机”,一种通过按键把字符机械/电动地敲印到纸上的书写工具(在电脑普及前广泛用于办公、写作与出版)。也可引申指“打字员”,但较不常见。
/ˈtaɪpˌraɪtər/
I found my grandfather’s typewriter in the attic.
我在阁楼里找到了我祖父的打字机。
Before she became famous, she wrote her first novel on a typewriter, revising each page by hand late into the night.
在成名之前,她用打字机写下第一部小说,常常深夜里一页页手工修改。
“Typewriter” 由 type(“铅字、字体;打字”)+ writer(“书写者、写作工具/人”)组成,字面意思是“用铅字/字符来写的工具(或人)”。该词在19世纪随着打字机的商业化而流行起来。