1784, from French cursif (18c.), from Medieval Latin cursivus "running," from Latin cursus "a running," from past participle of currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). The notion is of "written with a running hand" (without raising the pen), originally as opposed to the older uncial hand.
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1. I can't remember how to write a capital Z in cursive.
我已经记不得如何去写草书的大写字母Z。
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2. Chinese cursive writing is very difficult to read.
中文的草书体很难读.
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3. IV. The limitation of monk cursive script makes its influence brevity.
四、僧人草书的缺陷使得其影响非常短暂.
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4. Some new methods are proposed for on - line cursive handwriting recognition.
提出了一些新的方法来解决联机英文手写识别问题.
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5. Qianlong's Xingkai hardness and softness, cursive Xiaojiu elegant, pleasant people.