| 释义 |
double-click, v. Computing.
Brit. |ˌdʌblˈklɪk|, U.S. |ˈˌdəbəlˈˌklɪk|
[‹ double adj.1 + click v.1]
1. intr. To press one of the buttons on a mouse twice in quick succession to activate a program function or to select a particular item, having first positioned the mouse pointer on the appropriate part of the computer screen. Freq. with on.
1984Byte (Nexis) Feb. 30 We could also have opened Mac Paint by double-clicking on the icon. 1989Microsoft Systems Jrnl. (Nexis) Mar. 45 As a shortcut, you can..double-click anywhere in the title bar. 1993Wired Sept.–Oct. 58/2 I'll be able to double-click for more detail. 1996New Yorker 15 Apr. 26/2 A nightmarish maelstrom of icons whirling by so fast that it's almost impossible to double-click on them. 2000Daily Tel. 23 Mar. (Connected section) 19/1 Open Explorer and double-click on the Windows folder.
2. trans. To press (a mouse button) twice in quick succession; to activate (a program function) or select (a particular item) in this way, having first positioned the mouse pointer on the appropriate part of the computer screen.
1984Byte (Nexis) Sept. 65 Reopening a window is done by double-clicking the icon. 1992N.Y. Times 25 Aug. c5/1 If I double-click the folder for the hard disk named ‘Proust’, it opens to reveal a dozen subfolders. 1997Times (Nexis) 18 June Microsoft discovered that people using the precursor to Windows 95..had trouble double-clicking the mouse.
Derivatives. double-clicking n.
1985InfoWorld (Nexis) 23 Sept. 32 Watch out for *double-clicking though; several times we called up two copies of what we wanted..and had to shut one of them off. 1994Computing 9 June 11/6 Double-clicking is probably the biggest single turn-off for older techno-novices, I'm told. |