喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture two sides at a desk: one has the skill or the resource, the other comes and asks for it. The one who comes and asks is the client. It is a relationship word — it says nothing about the person except which side of that desk they are on.

可以想成桌子的兩邊：一邊有本事或有資源，另一邊是走過來提出需求的那一方。走過來的那一方就是 client。這是個講關…更多收起可以想成桌子的兩邊：一邊有本事或有資源，另一邊是走過來提出需求的那一方。走過來的那一方就是 client。這是個講關係的字——它不描述這個人本身，只說明他站在桌子的哪一邊。

From the picture

向伺服器要資料的客戶端

把桌子兩邊的關係搬進電腦網路：一邊是存著資料、提供服務的 server，另一邊是提出要求、拿東西回來的機器或程式。工程師直接沿用了「來要服務的那一方」這個位置關係。

client (computing) · noun · B2

In computing, a computer or program that gets information or files from a larger computer called a server.

客戶端

Also in this word

customer, client · noun · B2

A person or company that pays for services or advice from a professional, a company, or an organization.

客戶 / 委託人

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

clientnoun/ˈklaɪ.ənt/

  • 1

    A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.

  • 3

    A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.

    • I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields[…]. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,[…]. My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.
  • 4

    lawA person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.

  • 5

    historicalIn ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.

    • The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。