"typewriters" in Chinese (Simplified)
打字机
Definition
在计算机出现前,人们使用的通过按键在纸上打字的机器。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
"Typewriters" 主要用于描述历史或古董,现在已很少使用。常见于“手动打字机”或“电动打字机”等短语。不等同于“电脑”或“键盘”。
Examples
My grandmother still has two typewriters at home.
我奶奶家里还有两台**打字机**。
Typewriters were used in offices before computers.
在电脑出现以前,办公室里用的是**打字机**。
People wrote letters with typewriters.
人们用**打字机**写信。
Some writers still prefer typewriters because they like the sound and feel.
有些作家仍然喜欢用**打字机**,因为喜欢它的声音和手感。
The museum displayed old typewriters from the 1900s.
博物馆展出了20世纪的老**打字机**。
Kids today have probably never seen real typewriters.
现在的孩子可能从没见过真正的**打字机**。