单词 | compilation |
释义 | compilationn. 1. a. The action of compiling: see compile v. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > compiling (a work) compilationc1430 bookmakingc1450 compiling1487 compilement1656 book-building1782 scissoring1822 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. i. 144 b I vndertoke The compilacion of this little boke. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Compilatione, a compilation, a heaping or gathering togither in one. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Compilation, a compilation, or compiling; also..a booke..or collection, of sundrie matters, heaped together. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. ii. 127 The compilation of theological systems, generally called Loci Communes. 1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages II. xii. 63 The compilation of the Gesta Romanorum. b. spec. in Computing (see compile v. 2c); frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [noun] > compilation compiling1952 compile time1959 compilation1960 society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > translator > process of translation compilation1960 1960 Communications ACM 3 607/2 The input information is read into the computer memory before compilation begins. 1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing xix. 304 The translation from source program to object program is done in a separate computer run, called the compilation run. 1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. viii. 359 We will distinguish between..compilation time..and execution time. 1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 161/1 Its compilation speed is hindered by the microdrives and by the fact that the compiler itself is written in Pascal. 2. concrete. That which is compiled; a literary work or the like formed by compilation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] compilation1426 recueil?1473 aggregatorya1500 gatheringa1530 centiloquium1653 compilement1665 polygraph1882 1426 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 133 Filowyng the substaunce Of his writyng and compilacioun. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. v. 22 Alle that they fonde and sawe, they sette in compilacions. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 1 Dec. 377 That all Compilations are useless I do not assert. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 225 The sketch of history..was little more than a brief compilation from foreign memoirs. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xix. 307 The first modern compilation which has any pretensions to the title of a complete digest. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > accumulation aggregation?a1425 accumulation1490 accumulating?1550 congestion1593 compilation1598 accruement1609 cumulation1616 amassing1618 amassment1652 1598 [see sense 1a]. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 133 There is in it a small Vein filled with Spar, probably since the Time of the Compilation of the Mass. Compounds compilation film n. a film, esp. a documentary, compiled from various pieces of film, all or most of which were originally shot for a different purpose. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > documentary > types of travelogue1898 instructional1921 compilation film1953 docudrama1961 rockumentary1968 drama-documentary1970 shockumentary1970 docutainment1978 1953 K. Reisz Technique Film Editing xiii. 194 The maker of compilation films..working with newsreel and allied material which has not been scripted or shot for the purposes for which the compiler will use it..is able to make films with a smooth, logically developing continuity. 1964 J. Leyda Films beget Films 9 I wanted to examine the development and problems of the compilation film—but what an awkward, incomprehensible, and unacceptable term for this form! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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