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单词 Wi-Fi
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Definition of Wi-Fi in English:

Wi-Fi

noun ˈwʌɪfʌɪˈwaɪfaɪ
trademark
  • A facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It will also deploy a Wi-Fi network to keep assorted hacks and photographers in touch.
    • Unlike the PowerBooks, they do not ship with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth as standard.
    • While Wi-Fi is becoming a standard feature on notebooks, network coverage is anything but ubiquitous.
    • Add Wi-Fi, standard now on most new laptops, and your home office can be anywhere.
    • If you haven't yet installed a Wi-Fi network in your home, let me tell you that you have no idea what you're missing.

Origin

1990s: from wireless + an apparently arbitrary second element, after hi-fi; sometimes incorrectly interpreted as a shortening of Wireless Fidelity.

 
 

Definition of Wi-Fi in US English:

Wi-Fi

nounˈwaɪfaɪˈwīfī
trademark
  • A facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you haven't yet installed a Wi-Fi network in your home, let me tell you that you have no idea what you're missing.
    • While Wi-Fi is becoming a standard feature on notebooks, network coverage is anything but ubiquitous.
    • Add Wi-Fi, standard now on most new laptops, and your home office can be anywhere.
    • Unlike the PowerBooks, they do not ship with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth as standard.
    • It will also deploy a Wi-Fi network to keep assorted hacks and photographers in touch.
verbˈwaɪfaɪˈwīfī
[with object]
  • Convert or adapt for Wi-Fi compatibility.

    what type of electronics will be immune from being Wi-Fied?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Sunday Business Post on the other hand said last week that Wi-Fiing Dublin was a missed opportunity on the part of DCC and not because of anything to do with the European Commission…?
    • Crown for Royal City After Jerusalem, Mysore is the world's only other city to be entirely Wi-Fied.
    • Cybernomads already cluster at Starbucks, migrating to Kinko's if necessary for hardcopy, and abandon their offices to sit in Wi-Fied parks on sunny days.
    • So while we wait for all of these wires to be Bluetoothed and Wi-Fied into oblivion, it helps to know your plugs.
    • If you have Road Runner or DSL, you're most likely already ‘Wi-Fied’ or you have the option to call your ISP and have them do most of that legwork for you, for a nominal charge of course.

Origin

1990s: from wireless + an apparently arbitrary second element, after hi-fi; sometimes incorrectly interpreted as a shortening of Wireless Fidelity.

 
 
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