disk 磁盘来自拉丁语discus, 圆盘,词源同disc, dish. 用于指电脑磁盘。
- disk (n.)
- American English preferred spelling, 1660s, "round flat surface," from Latin discus "quoit, discus, disk," from Greek diskos "disk, quoit, platter," related to dikein "throw," from PIE *dik-skos-, from root *deik- "to show, pronounce solemnly; also in derivatives referring to the directing of words or objects" [Watkins]; see diction.
Sense of "phonograph disk" is 1888; computing sense is from 1947. Disk jockey first recorded 1941; dee-jay is from 1955; DJ is 1961; video version veejay is 1982. Disk-drive is from 1952.
- 1. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.
- 这些文档已经进行了压缩,以节省磁盘空间。
- 2. I can boot up from a floppy disk, but that's all.
- 我可以用一张软盘来启动,但其他的就无能为力了。
- 3. One CD-ROM disk can hold over 100,000 pages of text.
- 一张光盘可以存储十多万多页的文字资料。
- 4. The disk has no viruses— I've scanned it already.
- 这个盘没有感染病毒——我已经扫描过了。
- 5. His gloved hand held up a computer disk.
- 他用那只戴着手套的手拿起一张光盘。