| 释义 |
debug, v.|diːˈbʌg|
[f. de- II. 2 + bug n.2]
1. trans. = delouse v.
1960J. Stroud Shorn Lamb vi. 70 We'll..take them round to the Clinic, and..get them debugged there.
2. slang. To remove faults from (a machine, system, etc.).
1945Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XLIX. 183/2 It ranged from the pre-design development of essential components, through the stage of type test and flight test and ‘debugging’ right through to later development of the engine. 1959New Scientist 26 Mar. 674/1 The ‘debugging’ time spent in perfecting a non-automatic programme. 1964Discovery Oct. 51/3 This failure report plays a vital role in the process by which the scientist corrects or de-bugs his programme. 1964T. W. McRae Impact of Computers on Accounting iv. 99 Once we have ‘debugged’ our information system. 1970A. Cameron et al. Computers & O.E. Concordances 49 Program translation, debugging, and trial runs of the concordance were performed at the University of Michigan Computer Center. Ibid., By Christmas the program was debugged.
3. To remove a concealed microphone or microphones from (a room, etc.); to free of such listening devices by electronically rendering them inoperative. Cf. bug n.2 3 f. orig. U.S.
1964Business Week 31 Oct. 154 (heading) When walls have ears, call a debugging man. Ibid. 158/2 He quotes high fees for his work, saying that debugging equipment is expensive. 1966in Random House Dict. 1969New Scientist 16 Jan. 128/3 ‘Debugging’ the boardroom and the boss's telephone may become as common in industry as in the unreal world of the super-spy. 1976M. Machlin Pipeline xxxi. 353 The room..had steel walls and had been rigorously de-bugged. 1978Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 9 Apr. 3/6 Jamil, America's leading ‘debugging’ expert, discovered the secret of an exported ‘bug’ which should not have worked. 1987Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 1/8 American officials are scrambling to ‘de-bug’ their embassy in Moscow before the arrival of Mr Shultz, Secretary of State, on Monday week.
Also deˈbugging vbl. n. (see senses 2, 3 above). |