English Dictionary

shorthand

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃɔːthænd/

動詞

他動詞 広義 自動詞

(transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand. / (transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something. / (intransitive) To write in shorthand.

日本語の意味

話された言葉や書かれた文章を速記や略記の形に変換する / 省略形や短縮された方法で表現・行動する / 速記で記録する

Could you shorthand the witness's testimony during the trial?

裁判中に証人の供述を速記していただけますか。

意味（1）

(transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.

All the time she'd pretended to be fiddling with her purse over there behind the man, she'd been shorthanding him down—every word, every quotation, every date, every name.

意味（2）

(transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

It seems to me, however one looks at it—and I am torpedoing, shorthanding, my arguments, though they can be developed at great length—that there is no military case for a large standing Army, and I pick out three arguments that I think are tremendously important which I should like the Minister to answer, even though he may reject them.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To write in shorthand.

Steele nodded and settled on the chesterfield. He regarded Betty seriously, her notebook poised on the table beside her as she reclined in her chair. … I remember, Betty acknowledged, and went on shorthanding.

shorthands （ present singular third-person ）

shorthanding （ participle present ）

shorthanded （ participle past ）

shorthanded （ past ）