| 单词 | disk |
| 释义 | disk (once / 821 pages) nv A disk is a round, flat circle. The face of the clock on your kitchen wall is a disk. Disk, also spelled disc, refers to anything with a circular flat shape, like a Frisbee, a penny, or a dinner plate. In computing, a disk is a device that stores data, and in the audio/video world, a disk can be a musical compact disk, or a DVD, a digital video disk. A disk jockey is someone who plays music, either on LPs or CDs, on the radio. The Greek root, diskos, means "platter." WORD FAMILYdisk: disked, diskette, disking, disklike, disks+/diskette: diskettes USAGE EXAMPLESQ. I keep a ton of stuff in my Dropbox account, which is fine for my desktop computer with its spacious hard disk. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) When is the last time you saw a floppy disk? Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) Winter squash such as butternut are great when cut into chunks or disks, rolled in olive oil and roasted. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) 1n something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky Syn|Hypo|Hyper disc, saucer intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) dot, pointa very small circular shape round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles 2n a flat circular plate Syn|Hypo|Hyper disc acetate disk, phonograph recording disk a disk coated with cellulose acetate brake diska disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads deadeye(nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud diaphragmelectro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves discus, saucera disk used in throwing competitions Frisbeea light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition coin blank, plancheta flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin hockey puck, pucka vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey tokena metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines subway tokena token that is used to pay for entry to the subway system circle, round any circular or rotating mechanism platea sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic 3n sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove Syn|Hypo|Hyper disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record L-P, LP a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm 78, seventy-eighta shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute audio, audio recording, sound recording a recording of acoustic signals 4n (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored Syn|Hypo|Hyper disc, magnetic disc, magnetic disk diskette, floppy, floppy disk a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer fixed disk, hard disc, hard diska rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit removable diska hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive; removal prevents unauthorized use memory device, storage device a device that preserves information for retrieval 5v draw a harrow over (land) Syn|Hyper harrow plough, plow, turn to break and turn over earth especially with a plow |
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