| 释义 |
spell-check, v. and n. Computing.|ˈspɛltʃɛk|
[f. spell v.2 + check int. and n.1]
A. v. trans. To check the spelling of (a document, etc.) using a program which compares the words in a text file with a stored list of acceptable spellings. Occas. absol. or intr.
1983Mod. Office Technol. Feb. 120/3 A spelling verification program allows operators to spell-check documents before giving them back to their managers for final proofreading. 1991Home Office Computing June 34/2 Write at your natural level of spelling skill, and then spellcheck afterward. 1991New Yorker 25 Nov. 47/1 A good time tonight would be while the computer's spell-checking my homework. 1994Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 28/6 When I spell-checked a page in DOS, I simply pressed the Alt and F2 keys and then the number 2.
B. n. A check of the spelling of words in a text file carried out automatically; a program or facility for doing this. Cf. spelling checker s.v. *spelling vbl. n.2 3.
1983Datamation May 182/3 The unit's software includes..Lexisoft Spellbinder, Mailmerger, and Spell-check. 1990Lit. & Linguistic Computing V. 43/2 Spell-check, with cascaded dictionaries on-line (including proper names). 1992Tucson Weekly 1 Jan. 2/3, I always wondered if he had a special spell check on his word processor for dirty words.
So spell checker n. = spelling checker s.v. *spelling vbl. n.2 3; spell-checking vbl. n.
1983Washington Post 13 June c9/3, I got to try a spell-checking program..that cost $75. 1983Graphic Arts Monthly Sept. 77/1 The composition and editing package includes..a spell checker. 1989Word Ways XXII. 67 Spelling anxiety is no affliction for writers who use..word processing programs that provide so-called spell checking. 1990Managem. Computing Nov. 102/3 Running the spellchecker scrutinises the whole presentation, not just the currently-selected slide. |