1 a box or a cover that is used for keeping papers together 活页夹
☞picture at stationery 见stationery插图
2 a collection of information or material on one subject that is stored together in a computer or on a disk, with a particular name (储存在计算机或磁盘上的)文件,文档:
to open/close a file打开╱关闭文件to create/delete/save/copy a file建立╱删除╱保存╱复制文件
3a file (on sb/sth) a collection of papers or information about sb/sth kept inside a file (活页夹里的)文件,数据;档案:
The police are now keeping a file on all known football hooligans.警方现在把所有已知的足球赛闹事者的数据存盘。
4 a metal tool with a rough surface used for shaping hard substances or for making surfaces smooth 锉;锉刀:
a nail file指甲锉☞picture at tool 见tool插图
on file kept in a file 存档:
We have all the information you need on file.你要的数据我们都有存盘。in single file in a line, one behind the other 成单行
the rank and file→RANK¹
file²
/faɪl ||; faɪl/verb
1 [T] file sth (away) to put and keep documents, etc in a particular place so that you can find them easily; to put sth into a file 存档;归档:
I filed the letters away in a drawer.我把信件都归在一个抽屉里。
2 [I] file in, out, past, etc to walk or march in a line 排成纵列行进:
The children filed out of the classroom.孩子们鱼贯走出教室。
3 [T] file sth (away, down, etc) to shape sth hard or make sth smooth with a file 锉;锉平:
to file your nails锉指甲
file1/faIl; faIl/n [C] 1 a set of papers, records etc that contain information about a particular person or subject 档案: +on The school keeps files on all students. 学校保存着所有学生的档案。on file (=kept in an official file) 存档 All the details are on file. 所有详细资料都有存档。patients’ medical files 病人的病历see box at见 RECORD1 方框2 a box or folded piece of thick stiff paper in which you keep loose papers 文件箱﹔文件夹﹐卷宗see picture at见 CLASSROOM 图3 information on a computer that you store under a particular name〔电脑的〕文件﹐档案: open/close a file Click on the icon to open the file. 点击图标打开文件。create/copy/save/delete a file 建立/复制/保存/删除文件see box at见 COMPUTER 方框4 a metal tool with a rough surface that you rub on something to make it smooth 锉﹔锉刀5 in single file moving in a line, with one person behind another 一路纵队地﹐排成单行地: The path was so narrow we had to walk in single file. 小道太狭窄了﹐我们只得一个接着一个走。NAIL FILE
file2v 1 [T] to store papers or information in a particular order or a particular place 把…归档[存档]: The letters are filed alphabetically . 这些信件是按字母顺序存放的。2 [I,T] law to give a document to a court or other organization so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with【法律】提起(诉讼)﹔提出(申请): I intend to file a formal complaint . 我打算提出正式的投诉。3 [I] if people file somewhere, they walk in a line, one behind the other 排成纵队前进: +into/out of etc The jury filed into the courtroom. 陪审团成员排成一列进入法庭。4 [T] to rub something with a metal tool to make it smooth or cut it 锉平﹔锉光滑﹔锉去: She sat filing her nails . 她坐着锉指甲。
filefilefiles1noun1a box or cover for keeping papers in2a collection of information that is stored in a computer and that has a particular name: Did you save your file? You can delete that file now.3a tool with rough sides that you use for making things smooth: a nail filein single filein a line with each person following the one in front: The children walked into the hall in single file.filefilefilesfiledfiling2verb (files, filing, filed)1to put papers in their correct place, for example in a cover or drawer: Can you file these letters, please?2to walk in a line, one behind the other: The students filed into the classroom.3to make something smooth using a tool with rough sides: She filed her nails.