英语词源
- qwerty
- 1929, from the first six keys on a standard typewriter keyboard, read as though text, from top left. Mechanical typewriter patented 1867; the QWERTY layout itself is said to date to 1887, dominant in U.S. from early 20c.; it is not meant to slow down typists, but to separate the letters in common digraphs (-sh-, -ck-, etc.) to reduce jamming of swing-arms in old-style machines. It actually speeds typing by requiring alternate-hand strokes, which is one reason the alternative DVORAK keyboard is not appreciably faster. Remnants of the original alphabetic typewriter keyboard remain in the second row of letter keys: FGH-JKL. The French standard was AZERTY; in Germany, QWERTZ; in Italy, QZERTY.
权威例句
- 1. The new arrangement was the QWERTY arrangement typists use today.
- 新的排列便是打字员今天使用的QWERTY排列.
- 2. The good: The Nokia E 73 Mode features a sleek, sexy design and an excellent QWERTY keyboard.
- 好: 诺基亚E73模式的特点是光滑, 性感的设计和良好的QWERTY键盘.
- 3. The computer has a normal qwerty keyboard.
- 这台计算机有标准的英文键盘.