typewriter

noun
🔊/ˈtaɪpraɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈtaɪpraɪtər/
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  1. a machine that produces writing similar to print. It has keys that you press to make metal letters or signs hit a piece of paper through a long, narrow piece of cloth covered with ink (= coloured liquid).打字机
    • an electronic typewriter电子打字机
    • a typewriter ribbon打字机色带
    • The letter had been written on an old typewriter.这封信是用老式打字机写的。
    see also typist
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTypewriter is used before these nouns:
    • keyboard
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