单词 | thumb drive |
释义 | > as lemmasthumb drive thumb drive n. (a) a mechanism that is operated by the thumb; (b) Computing (a proprietary name for) a USB flash drive, esp. a small one in the shape of a long and relatively flat rectangular prism; cf. memory stick n. at memory n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1973 U.S. Patent 3,726,497 (A) 3 A threaded pair of parallel horizontal shafts..which are rotatably driven by a thumb drive gear wheel..for adjusting the control handles laterally. 1989 U.S. Patent 4,885,436 (A) 4 Thumb drive provides a pair of surfaces against which the user's thumb may be placed when rotating actuator in insertion direction and retraction direction, respectively. 2000 Business Wire (Nexis) 25 Feb. 208/2 The Thumb Drive is a technological breakthrough in the memory-data companion IT sector. Measuring only 45 mm in length and 30g in weight, the Thumb Drive operates on the ‘plug-and-play’ system using USB Version 1.0. 2013 Vanity Fair Sept. 316/1 The agent noted that the Goldman files were on both the personal computer and the thumb drive he'd taken from Serge at Newark Airport. < as lemmas |
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