teleprinter
teleprinter — 名詞
- teleprintersingular
- teleprintersplural
1. an old machine that let people type a message and send it along a phone line, wh
電傳打字機
舊式透過電話線收發文字訊息的打字機器
an old machine that let people type a message and send it along a phone line, while another machine far away printed out the same words on paper
The newsroom kept an old teleprinter running so reporters could read overseas stories.
新聞編輯室留著一台老舊的 teleprinter，讓記者一收到海外新聞就能讀到。
subject is an institution: newsroom / office keeps a teleprinter
Liam found a dusty teleprinter in the basement and wondered how it once carried weather reports.
Liam 在地下室發現一台積滿灰塵的 teleprinter，好奇它當年怎麼傳送氣象報告。
During the war, soldiers typed urgent orders into a teleprinter and waited for replies.
戰爭期間，士兵把緊急命令打進 teleprinter，然後等待回覆。
Before fax machines, many banks relied on a teleprinter to send numbers between distant branches.
在傳真機出現之前，許多銀行靠 teleprinter 在遠處的分行之間傳送數字。
The museum guide showed Nila how a teleprinter clattered as each letter struck the paper.
博物館導覽員向 Nila 示範 teleprinter 怎麼在每個字母敲上紙時發出喀噠聲。
- teletypewriter
the fuller American term for the same machine
- teletype
informal short form, often a brand-flavoured name
用法筆記
Refers to a now-obsolete office device; almost always used with past-tense or historical framing. Distinguish from a modern printer, which only prints local files and does not send messages over a phone line.