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A qwerty keyboard is the ordinary English one: the top letter row starts Q, W, E, R, T, Y. Almost every computer and phone sold for English users is arranged this way, so people say “a qwerty keyboard” to mean “a normal one,” not a special machine. The name is not a brand and not a company — it is simply those six letters, read in order.
A qwerty keyboardqwerty鍵盤 is是 the ordinary English one一般的英文鍵盤: the top letter row starts Q, W, E, R, T, Y最上面那排字母是Q、W、E、R、T、Y開頭的。Almost every computer and phone sold for English users幾乎每一台賣給英文使用者的電腦和手機 is arranged this way都是這樣排的, so people所以有人 say "a qwerty keyboard" to mean "a normal one,"說「a qwerty keyboard」意思就是「普通的鍵盤」, not a special machine不是什麼特殊機種。The name這個名字 is not a brand and not a company不是品牌也不是公司 — it is simply those six letters它就只是那六個字母, read in order依序唸出來的。
Other countries use other layouts (French keyboards often start A, Z, E, R, T, Y), so qwerty is “the usual English-speaking way,” not “the only way in the world.” You will see QWERTY in capitals or qwerty in small letters; both mean the same.
Other countries其他國家 use other layouts用的是不同的排列 (French keyboards often start A, Z, E, R, T, Y)（像法文鍵盤常是A、Z、E、R、T、Y開頭）, so所以 qwerty is "the usual English-speaking way,"qwerty只是「英語系國家常見的排法」, not "the only way in the world."不是「全世界唯一的排法」。You will see QWERTY in capitals or qwerty in small letters你會看到大寫QWERTY或小寫qwerty; both mean the same兩種寫法意思一樣。
People also stretch it a little: “I’m used to qwerty” means “I’m used to this layout.” Everyday, slightly technical talk — not formal, not slang.
People有人 also stretch it a little也會稍微延伸著用: "I'm used to qwerty"「I'm used to qwerty」 means "I'm used to this layout."意思是「我習慣這種排列」。Everyday, slightly technical talk這是日常、帶點技術性的講法 — not formal, not slang不正式，也不是俚語。
組成Not a built word: it is simply the first six letters on the top letter row of that keyboard, read in order — Q, W, E, R, T, Y.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
QWERTYnoun/ˈkwɜːti/
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computingengineeringmathematicsA standard layout of keys on a keyboard for typing, in which the leftmost keys of the top lettered row are Q-W-E-R-T-Y.
- It was the Monotype model D keyboard introduced in 1907 which became the standard for printers, with a "qwerty" typewriter lay and removable keybars which made the keyboard independent of the matrix case arrangement.
- The older children we came to know had had a great deal of experience with written language, and they certainly had a firm grasp of the alphabetic sequence. They were annoyed with the arrangement of letters on the typewriter keyboard, which begins at the second from the top row and proceeds left to right with the letters, "Q," "W," "E," "R," "T," and "Y." Computer professionals, who refer to this arrangement as the "QWERTY keyboard," have pointed out that, although it originated in order to avoid jam-ups of frequently used keys on the manual typewriter, the QWERTY arrangement is now completely obsolete but apparently here to stay. Third and fourth graders knew only that QWERTY had no logic that they could discern, and, until they developed basic keyboard familiarity, it greatly delayed their attempts at finding the keys they needed.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA keyboard with such a layout.
- If you need to get a grip on a remote workstation, remote-control software can put your fingers on the pearly white QWERTYs of any computer, even half a world away.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。