Filename

• 1

  A surname.

filenoun詞源 1/faɪl/

• 1

  A collection of papers collated and archived together.

  • It is upon a file with the duke's other letters.
  • We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
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  A roll or list.

  • a file of all the gentry
• 3

  A course of thought; a thread of narration.

  • Let me resume the file of my narration.
• 4

  computingengineeringmathematicsAn aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.

  • He had created a file for coding to design a new product.
  • I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.
• 5

  A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.

  • Many homes now have double-file kitchens.

fileverb詞源 1/faɪl/

• 1

  To commit (official papers) to some office.

  • She filed their accounts yesterday.
  • The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).
• 2

  lawTo commit (official papers) to some office.

  • She filed for divorce the next day.
  • The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.
• 3

  (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.

  • I filed my copy soon after the interview.
• 4

  To place in an archive in a logical place and order.

  • Troves of documents filed away in the depository.
• 5

  To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

• 6

  obsoleteTo set in order; to arrange, or lay away.

  • I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed.

filenoun詞源 2/faɪl/

• 1

  A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.

  • The troops marched in Indian file.
• 2

  governmentmilitarypoliticsA small detachment of soldiers.

• 3

  board-gameschessgamesOne of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).

fileverb詞源 2/faɪl/

• 1

  To move in a file.

  • The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.

filenoun詞源 3/faɪl/

• 1

  A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.

• 2

  archaicslangA cunning or resourceful person.

  • Will is an old file, in spite of his smooth face.
  • The greatest character among them was that of a Pickpocket, or, in truer language, a File.
• 3

  obsoleteslangA pickpocket.

  • The greatest character among them was that of a pickpocket, or, in their language, a file.

fileverb詞源 3/faɪl/

• 1

  To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

  • I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
  • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

fileverb詞源 4/faɪl/

• 1

  archaicTo defile.

  • I cannot thinke […] So true a bird would file ſo faire a neſt, […]
  • for Banquo's issue have I fil'd my mind
• 2

  To corrupt.

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• file cabinet