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单词 file
释义

file

UK /faɪl/

Word Forms

singularfile
pluralfiles

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    a set of papers, documents, or records that you keep because they contain information

    The insurance company may want to check your medical files.

    keep/hold a file on something/someone:

    The company keeps personal files on all its employees.

    file on:

    The police file on this particular case has now been closed.

    on file (=kept in a file):

    We have all your details on file.

    Synonyms and related words

    Documents and types of document
    1. 1a
      computinga set of information on a computer

      First, you have to create a new file.

      I’ve forgotten the name of the file.

      Synonyms and related words

      Computer files and documents and collections of computer data
  2. 2
    a metal tool used for making wood or metal smooth
    Synonyms and related words

    General hand tools
  3. 3
    a line of people walking or standing behind each other
    Synonyms and related words

    Lines of people or their vehicles
  4. 4
    a box or container in which papers are kept together
    Synonyms and related words

    Containers for letters, documents and office equipment

file

US /faɪl/

Word Forms

singularfile
pluralfiles

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    a set of papers, documents, or records that you keep because they contain information

    The insurance company may want to check your medical files.

    file on:

    The police file on this particular case has now been closed.

    keep/hold a file on something/someone:

    The company keeps personal files on all its employees.

    on file (=kept in a file):

    We have all your information on file.

    Synonyms and related words

    Documents and types of document
    1. 1a
      computinga set of information on a computer

      First, you have to create a new file.

      I’ve forgotten the name of the file.

      Synonyms and related words

      Computer files and documents and collections of computer data
  2. 2
    a box or container in which papers are kept together
    Synonyms and related words

    Containers for letters, documents and office equipment
  3. 3
    a metal tool used for making wood or metal smooth
    Synonyms and related words

    General hand tools
  4. 4
    a line of people walking or standing behind each other
    Synonyms and related words

    Lines of people or their vehicles

file

UK /faɪl/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyfile
he/she/itfiles
present participlefiling
past tensefiled
past participlefiled

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    intransitive if people file somewhere, they walk there in a line

    The soldiers filed past the podium.

    file into/across etc:

    Students filed into the lecture hall.

    Synonyms and related words

    To walk, or to walk in a particular way
  2. 2
    transitive to put a document into a container with other documents

    Please file the invoices in chronological order.

    file something under something:

    Letters of complaint are filed under ‘problems’.

    Synonyms and related words

    To put things together or in a particular order
  3. 3

    file

    or

    file down

    transitive to rub something with a metal tool in order to make it smooth or to cut it

    She sat quietly filing her nails.

    file through something:

    They had somehow managed to file through the metal bars.

    Synonyms and related words

    To use a tool
  4. 4
    transitive to take official action, for example to make an official complaint

    The family has filed a lawsuit against the company.

    Synonyms and related words

    To try to deal with a problem or difficulty
    1. 4a
      to send something official, for example a report to a newspaper
      Synonyms and related words

      Journalism and relating to journalism

phrasal verbs

file away
file down
file for

file

US /faɪl/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyfile
he/she/itfiles
present participlefiling
past tensefiled
past participlefiled

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    transitive to put a document into a container with other documents

    Please file the invoices in chronological order.

    file something under something:

    Letters of complaint are filed under “problems.”

    Synonyms and related words

    To put things together or in a particular order
  2. 2
    intransitive if people file somewhere, they walk there in a line

    The soldiers filed past the podium.

    file into/across etc.:

    Students filed into the lecture hall.

    Synonyms and related words

    To walk, or to walk in a particular way
  3. 3

    file

    or

    file down

    transitive to rub something with a metal tool in order to make it smooth or to cut it

    She sat quietly filing her nails.

    file through something:

    They had somehow managed to file through the metal bars.

    Synonyms and related words

    To use a tool
  4. 4
    transitive to take official action, for example to make an official complaint

    The family has filed a lawsuit against the company.

    Synonyms and related words

    To try to deal with a problem or difficulty
    1. 4a
      to send something official, for example a report to a newspaper
      Synonyms and related words

      Journalism and relating to journalism

phrasal verbs

file away
file down
file for
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