| 单词 | file |
| 释义 | file 1. n. & v. --n 1. a folder, box, etc., for holding loose papers, esp. arranged for reference. 2. a set of papers kept in this. 3. Computing a collection of (usu. related) data stored under one name. 4. a series of issues of a newspaper etc. in order. 5. a stiff pointed wire on which documents etc. are impaled for keeping. --vtr. 1. place (papers) in a file or among (esp. public) records. 2. submit (a petition for divorce, an application for a patent, etc.) to the appropriate authority. 3. (of a reporter) send (a story, information, etc.) to a newspaper. Phrases and idioms filing cabinet a case with drawers for storing documents. Derivatives filer n. Etymology: F fil f. L filum thread 2. n. & v. --n 1. a line of persons or things one behind another. 2. (foll. by of) Mil. a small detachment of men (now usu. two). 3. Chess a line of squares from player to player (cf. RANK(1)). --vintr. walk in a file. Phrases and idioms file off (or away) Mil. go off by files. Etymology: F file f. LL filare spin or L filum thread 3. n. & v. --n a tool with a roughened surface or surfaces, usu. of steel, for smoothing or shaping wood, fingernails, etc. --vtr. 1. smooth or shape with a file. 2. elaborate or improve (a thing, esp. a literary work). Phrases and idioms file away remove (roughness etc.) with a file. file-fish any fish of the family Ostracionidae, with sharp dorsal fins and usu. bright coloration. Derivatives filer n. Etymology: OE fil f. WG |
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