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Disk Pie Root Sense 3791.Disk 英 Dɪsk]美 Dɪsk

正面 3791.disk
英 [dɪsk]美 [dɪsk]

背面
释义:
n. [计] 磁盘,磁碟片;圆盘,盘状物;唱片
例句:
1. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.这些文档已经进行了压缩,以节省磁盘空间。

1. PIE base *twi- "two", from root of two => twist, tweak, twitch, twig.2. 扭东西时其实就是两端朝两个相反的方向转动,所以意思就是由此引申而来的。
disk 磁盘来自拉丁语discus, 圆盘,词源同disc, dish. 用于指电脑磁盘。
disk (n.)American English preferred spelling, 1660s, "round flat surface," from Latin discus "quoit, discus, disk," from Greek diskos "disk, quoit, platter," related to dikein "throw," from PIE *dik-skos-, from root *deik- "to show, pronounce solemnly; also in derivatives referring to the directing of words or objects" [Watkins]; see diction. Sense of "phonograph disk" is 1888; computing sense is from 1947. Disk jockey first recorded 1941; dee-jay is from 1955; DJ is 1961; video version veejay is 1982. Disk-drive is from 1952."

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