English Dictionary

shorthand

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃɔːthænd/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc. / (by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

日本語の意味

速記法：記号や略語を用いて、文章や言葉を迅速に書き下す方法。 / 短縮表現：何かを簡潔かつ短く伝える手段や方法。

She learned shorthand in college to take lecture notes faster.

彼女は講義のノートを速く取るために大学で速記を学んだ。

意味（1）

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.

There is a Notion prevails among many People, to yͤ prejudice of all kinds of Short-hand; which is this. That when a Person sets down a Memorandum in his pocket Book in Short-hand, it is lost, in caſe of Death or any other accident, to yͤ rest of yͤ World, though it may contain things of great Consequence to other People. … I affirm, … that if any Person makes use of my long Short hand, which he will certainly do, in caſe he deſigns that what he writes should be read by another Person, it will be as legible to any one acquainted with this Art, as if it was writ in Round Hand.

意味（2）

(by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.

shorthands （ plural ）