- 1檔案的、用於保存資料的
Describes anything used for keeping and storing old records, documents, or photos safely for a very long time. 'Archival paper' or 'archival boxes' are made not to turn yellow or fall apart, so old things last.
From the word’s history
From archive + -al.
由 archive「檔案、檔案館」加字尾 -al 組成。
組成archive (a collection of old records, or the place they're kept) + -al (adjective ending, meaning 'relating to')
同家族的字
- archivethe base word - a collection of old documents, photos, or records kept safely
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
archivaladj/ɑːˈkaɪv(ə)l/
- 1
Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
- In archival photographs, these lost structures appear almost futuristic (even today) in the way they carried trains across deep ravines on slender, balanced combinations of wrought and cast iron.
- 2
Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
- archival boxes archival paper
archivalnoun/ɑːˈkaɪv(ə)l/
- 1
The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.
- Our nightly computer backups include the archival of old e-mail messages.
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