disk

noun

/dɪsk/

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(especially North American English)
(British English usually disc)
a thin flat round object
- Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk.
The usual spelling is disc in (British English) and disk in (North American English) but for senses connected with computers, the spelling is usually disk, even in (British English).
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- computer
- hard
- CD-ROM
- …
verb + disk
- insert
- put in
- remove
- …
disk + verb
- contain something
- hold something
disk + noun
- capacity
- space
- drive
- …
preposition
- from disk
- on (a/the) disk
- onto disk
- …
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(also magnetic disk)
(computing) a device for storing information on a computer, in the shape of a round flat plate that spins (= turns) to give access to all parts of its magnetic surface, which records information received in electronic form
- I'll copy the disk into a file.
- The information required can then be retrieved from disk.
- I'm running out of disk space on my computer.
see also hard disk
Extra Examples
- Do you have the file on disk?
- Each disk holds 700 MB.
- If you wipe that old disk, we can use it again.
- It is safest to save your design onto disk.
- Save the document to disk before closing it.
- The computer reads the disk.
- The disk contains the program you'll need.
- The information can be saved on a disk.
- The master disk can be duplicated as many times as required.
- The program automatically saves to disk every 15 minutes.
- The program is set up so that you automatically save to disk every 15 minutes.
- You simply download the pages to disk.
- Insert the disk into the drive slot.
Topics Computersb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- computer
- hard
- CD-ROM
- …
verb + disk
- insert
- put in
- remove
- …
disk + verb
- contain something
- hold something
disk + noun
- capacity
- space
- drive
- …
preposition
- from disk
- on (a/the) disk
- onto disk
- …
See full entry

单词	disk
释义	disk noun /dɪsk/ /dɪsk/ jump to other results (especially North American English) (British English usually disc) a thin flat round object Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk. The usual spelling is disc in (British English) and disk in (North American English) but for senses connected with computers, the spelling is usually disk, even in (British English). Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective computer hard CD-ROM … verb + disk insert put in remove … disk + verb contain something hold something disk + noun capacity space drive … preposition from disk on (a/the) disk onto disk … See full entry (also magnetic disk) (computing) a device for storing information on a computer, in the shape of a round flat plate that spins (= turns) to give access to all parts of its magnetic surface, which records information received in electronic form I'll copy the disk into a file. The information required can then be retrieved from disk. I'm running out of disk space on my computer. see also hard disk Extra Examples Do you have the file on disk? Each disk holds 700 MB. If you wipe that old disk, we can use it again. It is safest to save your design onto disk. Save the document to disk before closing it. The computer reads the disk. The disk contains the program you'll need. The information can be saved on a disk. The master disk can be duplicated as many times as required. The program automatically saves to disk every 15 minutes. The program is set up so that you automatically save to disk every 15 minutes. You simply download the pages to disk. Insert the disk into the drive slot. Topics Computersb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective computer hard CD-ROM … verb + disk insert put in remove … disk + verb contain something hold something disk + noun capacity space drive … preposition from disk on (a/the) disk onto disk … See full entry
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