disk

英 [dɪsk]美 [dɪsk]
  • n. [计] 磁盘，磁碟片；圆盘，盘状物；唱片
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中文词源

disk 磁盘

来自拉丁语discus, 圆盘，词源同disc, dish. 用于指电脑磁盘。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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