"teletype" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 电传打字机

Definition

电传打字机是一种类似打字机的老式设备，用于远距离发送和接收文字消息，在互联网出现前被广泛使用。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

非常正式且多用于技术或历史领域，常与历史通信或信息技术相关。现代日常生活中已很少使用此词。

Examples

The old office had a teletype in the corner.

那间旧办公室角落里有一台**电传打字机**。

Messages were sent by teletype before email was invented.

在电子邮件发明前，信息是通过**电传打字机**发送的。

A teletype could print news as it arrived.

**电传打字机**可以在新闻到达时立即打印出来。

My grandfather used to send daily reports by teletype when he worked for the railroad.

我祖父在铁路工作时常常用**电传打字机**发送日报。

It's amazing how fast the teletype was for its time, even compared to modern technology.

令人惊讶的是，**电传打字机**在当时竟然已经很快了，甚至可与现代技术相比。

They found an old teletype machine in the museum's storage room.

他们在博物馆的库房里发现了一台老式**电传打字机**。