| 单词 | delete |
| 释义 | delete (once / 2939 pages) v The author looked at the computer screen in horror. With one keystroke she had deleted her entire manuscript. Delete means to erase. Delete has its roots in Latin and was first used to mean destroy. In modern usage, delete means to remove completely. Delete used in writing means to edit by removing, often done by drawing a line through the text to be deleted . This process is also called “blue-penciling,” due to the use of the blue colored pencil that some editors use. WORD FAMILYdelete: deleted, deletes, deleting, deletion+/deletion: deletions USAGE EXAMPLESSo I deleted all the caustic zingers while wondering whether the truth really matters. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) But Martin deleted his tweet soon after accusations that it was sexist. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) As with Amazon, Google offers a way to delete history data, but otherwise keeps everything by default. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v cut or eliminate Syn|Hyper blue-pencil, edit censor subject to political, religious, or moral censorship 2v remove or make invisible Please delete my name from your list Syn|Hypo|Hyper cancel efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing excise, expunge, scratch, strikeremove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line spongeerase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard cut out, scratch outstrike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 3v wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper erase record, tape register electronically demagnetise, demagnetize erase (a magnetic storage device) take away, take out take out or remove |
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