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