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To left-click is to press the left button of a computer mouse — for most people, the button under the index finger. That is the ordinary click: you left-click to choose something, open a file, or press a button on the screen.
To left-click is to press the left button of a computer mouse就是按滑鼠的左鍵——for most people, the button under the index finger對大部分人來說,就是食指下面那顆按鈕。That is the ordinary click那就是一般的點擊:you left-click to choose something, open a file, or press a button on the screen你用左鍵點擊來選東西、打開檔案,或按螢幕上的按鈕。
The other button is a right-click, which usually opens a small menu of extra choices. On a laptop the same idea lives on the trackpad.
The other button is a right-click另一顆按鈕是right-click(右鍵),which usually opens a small menu of extra choices通常會打開一個有額外選項的小選單。On a laptop the same idea lives on the trackpad在筆電上,同樣的概念用在觸控板上。
The word is mainly a verb (Left-click the icon), though people also say a left-click as a noun. It belongs only to computer talk.
The word is mainly a verb (Left-click the icon)這個字主要是動詞(Left-click the icon),though people also say a left-click as a noun不過人們也會把a left-click當名詞用。It belongs only to computer talk它只用在電腦相關的用語裡。
Though actually, some mice swap the buttons for , so in software “left-click” still means the main button even when it is no longer on the left side of the mouse.
Though actually不過其實,some mice swap the buttons for left-handers有些滑鼠會為左撇子把按鈕對調,so in software "left-click" still means the main button所以在軟體裡「left-click」指的還是主要按鈕even when it is no longer on the left side of the mouse就算它已經不在滑鼠的左邊了。
組成A compound of left (the left-hand button) + click (to press a mouse button).
同家族的字
- clickthe same pressing action, without saying which button
- right-clickthe same pattern for the other mouse button
原始詞典資料2 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。
left-clickverb
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo press the left button on a computer mouse.
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo activate an item on the screen by left-clicking while the pointer is over it.
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。