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Picture a piece of card folded once down the middle. On its own it holds nothing; but slip twenty loose sheets inside and they stop being twenty stray papers and become one thing you can carry. A folder is that fold — a container whose only job is to keep things that belong together from drifting apart.

可以想成一張對折過一次的厚紙。它自己什麼都不是,但把二十張散紙夾進去,那二十張就不再各走各的,而變成一疊可以一手拿起更多收起可以想成一張對折過一次的厚紙。它自己什麼都不是,但把二十張散紙夾進去,那二十張就不再各走各的,而變成一疊可以一手拿起來的東西。folder 就像那個「折」——一個只做一件事的容器:讓該在一起的東西不要散開。

原始詞典資料4 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。

foldernoun/ˈfoʊldɚ/

  • 1

    An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

    • I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.
  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsA virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.

    • My essays are in the folder named "Schoolwork".
  • 3

    A machine or person that folds things.

  • 4

    A folding knife, typically a folding pocketknife.

    • A funny name for a knife, the Needs Work folder is purpose-built as a working folder, and includes a straight, plain-edge, modified-wharncliffe blade, and a comfortable, ergonomic handle.

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