喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture input: the arrow pointing into a box. Something goes in so the box can do its work — data into a computer, power into a machine, ideas and effort into a project. The word names what goes in, and its partner output names what comes back out.

可以想成 input 是指向盒子的那支箭頭：有東西送進去，盒子才動得起來——資料送進電腦、電力送進機器、想法和心力送…更多收起可以想成 input 是指向盒子的那支箭頭：有東西送進去，盒子才動得起來——資料送進電腦、電力送進機器、想法和心力送進一個案子。這個字指的是「送進去的那些東西」，跟它成對的 output 則是跑出來的結果。

From the picture

人投進去的心力與意見

送進去的東西換成人給的：想法、建議、時間、金錢。畫面一樣是那支箭頭指進盒子，只是這次提供的是人。

contribution or advice · noun · B2

The ideas, advice, money, or work that you put into a job or an activity so that it will go well.

貢獻 / 意見

Also in this word

data fed into a computer · noun · B2

Information that is put into a computer for it to use or work on.

輸入資料

to enter data · verb · B2

To put information into a computer.

輸入

electrical power in · noun · B2

The electrical power that goes into a machine so that it can work.

輸入電力

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。

inputnoun/ˈɪnpʊt/

  • 1

    The act or process of putting in; infusion.

  • 2

    That which is put in, as in an amount.

  • 3

    Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.

    • You can provide input via this form.
  • 4

    Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.

    • sound input
  • 5

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityAn input jack.

    • model with A/V input

inputverb/ˈɪnpʊt/

  • 1

    To put in; put on.

    • "Following the removal of the Golborne Link from the current Bill and, given the direct importance of maintaining the benefits that the Golborne Link would have delivered for Scotland, the Transport Minister has sought and received confirmation from the UK Minister of State for Transport that Scottish Government Officials will input to the consideration being given to the alternative."
  • 2

    To enter data.

    • The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
    • An artificial-intelligence application called Sudowrite wrote the paragraph above. I inputted the text of the first section of “The Metamorphosis” and then pressed a button called Wormhole. The computer composed the continuation.
  • 3

    To accept data that is entered.

    • The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.

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。