| 单词 | storage |
| 释义 | storage (once / 999 pages) n Storage refers to storing something, like in a basement or attic. People keep all sorts of things in storage — from fur coats to bowling trophies. When you store something, you put it away somewhere safe, so storage is the act of storing. Squirrels gather nuts and put them in storage by hiding them. A grocery store might use a stockroom for storage. If you have canned food in the basement, that's storage. Some storage is for emergencies, while other storage is for things you might want to look at another time, like old photos. Things in storage are being saved for later. WORD FAMILYstorage: storages+/store: storage, stored, stores, storing USAGE EXAMPLESA Pemex spokesman said relatively few gasoline stations were affected, although protesters temporarily blocked storage terminals, delaying the delivery of gasoline to retail points. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Wrap fragile ornaments in leftover tissue paper or newspaper, or invest in storage containers like archival ornament boxes from the Container Store. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) The two promptly put all their possessions in a storage unit and moved into a Texas apartment with the barest of essentials. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the act of storing something Hypo|Hyper filing preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. holding, keeping, retention the act of retaining something 2n the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials Hypo|Hyper cold storage refrigerated storage for preservation stowage, stowingthe act of packing or storing away tankagethe act of storing in tanks business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects 3n a depository for goods Syn|Hypo|Hyper depot, entrepot, store, storehouse dump a place where supplies can be stored garner, granarya storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed magazine, powder magazine, powder storea storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored railheada railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution treasure housea storehouse for treasures storage warehouse, warehousea storehouse for goods and merchandise criba bin or granary for storing grains godown(in India and Malaysia) a warehouse deposit, depositary, depository, repository a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping 4n depositing in a warehouse my car is in storage Syn|Hypo|Hyper repositing, reposition, warehousing stockpiling accumulating and storing a reserve supply deposit, deposition the act of putting something somewhere 5n an electronic memory device Syn|Hypo|Hyper computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, store non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off ROM, fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed real storagethe main memory in a virtual memory system scratchpad(computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information virtual memory, virtual storage(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses volatile storagecomputer storage that is erased when the power is turned off CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memorya compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user EPROM, erasable programmable read-only memory(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data flash memorynonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew magnetic bubble memorya nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate; no longer used in most computers RAM, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memorythe most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible computer hardware, hardware (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system memory device, storage devicea device that preserves information for retrieval 6n (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk Hypo|Hyper fragmentation (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk computer operation, machine operation an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform |
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