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A single sheet that carries information you want fixed and kept — words set down so they don't vanish. From that one picture, document spreads to the file on your computer (the same kept words, now digital) and to the verb 'document' (the act of setting something down so a record exists).

可以想成一張承載著資訊、而且你想把它固定保存下來的紙——把話、把事實寫下來，讓它不會消失。從這個畫面出發，docum…更多收起可以想成一張承載著資訊、而且你想把它固定保存下來的紙——把話、把事實寫下來，讓它不會消失。從這個畫面出發，document 一邊往「東西」走（紙本文件、電腦檔案），一邊往「動作」走（把某件事記錄下來，留下一份證明）；兩邊其實是同一件事的兩面：先有「記錄這個動作」，才會留下「文件這個東西」。

原始詞典資料8 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。

documentnoun/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/

  • 1

    An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

    • Saint Luke […] collected them from such documents and testimonies as he […] judged to be authentic.
  • 2

    Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.

    • If a morsel of food fell off your plate, the advice of one contemporary document was to pick it up, make the sign of the cross over it, season it well - and then eat it.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsA file that contains text.

    • That exception is the HTML <IMG> tag–which transcludes an image into the context of the document. The image itself is neither embedded within the document nor copied—it is transcluded.
  • 4

    computingengineeringhuman-sciencesAn object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.

    • This study examines video game photography as a documentary practice. […] The three themes from this study's findings – that video game photographs act as (1) vehicles for storytelling, (2) creative trophies, and (3) aesthetic tokens – reveal how personally meaningful documents emerge from this medium.
  • 5

    obsoleteThat which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

    • And particularly they should take care that the memory of the learner be not too much crowded with a tumultuous heap or overbearing multitude of documents or ideas at one time.
  • 6

    obsoleteAn example for instruction or warning.

    • They were forthwith stoned to death, as a document to others.

documentverb/ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt/

  • 1

    To record in documents.

    • He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.
    • The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.
  • 2

    To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

    • A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

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。