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A typo is a small mistake in something you typed or printed — a wrong letter, a missing letter, two letters swapped, a space in the wrong place. 'Teh' for 'the' is the most famous one.
A typo typo is a small mistake是個小錯誤 in something you typed or printed出現在你打字或印出來的東西裡 — a wrong letter打錯字母, a missing letter漏打字母, two letters swapped兩個字母顛倒, a space in the wrong place空格打錯位置。'Teh' for 'the'把「the」打成「Teh」 is the most famous one是最有名的例子。
It is a casual, friendly word, short for 'typographical error', and you will hear it everywhere: messages, emails, work chat.
It它 is a casual, friendly word是個輕鬆、親切的字, short for是「typographical error」的簡稱 'typographical error'「typographical error」, and you will hear it everywhere而且到處都聽得到：messages, emails, work chat訊息、電子郵件、工作聊天。
The important thing about a typo is that it is a slip of the fingers, not a gap in your knowledge — you knew the right spelling, your hand just went too fast. That is why calling something a typo is gentle: you are saying the person is not stupid, only quick.
The important thing about a typo關於typo重要的一點是 is that it is a slip of the fingers它是手指的失誤，not a gap in your knowledge而不是你知識上的缺口 — you你 knew the right spelling知道正確拼法，your hand just went too fast只是手打太快了。That is why這就是為什麼 calling something a typo is gentle說某個東西是typo聽起來很溫和：you你 are saying意思是說 the person is not stupid這個人不笨, only quick只是太快了。
People also use it as a face-saving excuse ('sorry, typo!') even when the mistake was really a spelling mistake, and everyone lets that pass.
People人們 also use it as a face-saving excuse也會拿它當作保面子的藉口 ('sorry, typo!')（「sorry, typo!」） even when the mistake was really a spelling mistake即使那個錯誤其實是拼字錯誤, and everyone lets that pass大家也都會讓它過去。
It can be used as a verb too — 'I typoed your name' — but that is informal and mostly online; most speakers just say 'that's a typo'.
It它 can be used as a verb too也可以當動詞用 — 'I typoed your name'「I typoed your name」 — but that is informal and mostly online不過那很口語、多半只在網路上用；most speakers大多數人 just say乾脆說 'that's a typo'「that's a typo」。
組成A clipping of 'typographical error' — English shortens long office words like this all the time (photo, memo, info).
同家族的字
- typographyThe same 'typo-' from Greek typos: the art of arranging printed letters. A typo is literally an error in the letter-setting.
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。
typonoun詞源 1/ˈtaɪpəʊ/
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A typographical error.
- Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ
- Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.
typoverb詞源 1/ˈtaɪpəʊ/
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To make a typographical error.
- Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leaving out the “f” but they worsened it.
typonoun詞源 2/ˈtaɪpəʊ/
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datedA compositor; a typographer.
- On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride. Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love.
- “Ever since I was twelve,” she said, “I have worked in a printing office where a celebrated London morning journal is put in type and goes to press. […] I am attached to a man in our office, to whom I shall be married some day. […] I am nineteen now, and have carried on with my ‘typo’ for nearly three years now.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。