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- directory [dɪ'rεktərɪ]
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1.
n
a book, arranged alphabetically or classified by trade listing names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc, of individuals or firms
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2.
n
a book or manual giving directions
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3.
n
a book containing the rules to be observed in the forms of worship used in churches
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4.
n
a less common word for directorate
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5.
n
[computing]
an area of a disk, Winchester disk, or floppy disk that contains the names and locations of files currently held on that disk
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6.
adj
directing
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1.
n
a book, arranged alphabetically or classified by trade listing names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc, of individuals or firms
Examples
- a telephone directory
- 电话号码簿 → directory
- I have a phone directory but I'm afraid it's out-of-date.
- 我是有个通讯录，但恐怕年代久远没什么用了。
- she's ex-directory
- 她的电话未列入电话簿 → ex-directory
- directory → -ory
- I referred to Directory Enquiries → refer
- a street directory → street
- 查号台
- (at a telephone exchange) directory inquiries; information → 台
- 我从电话簿上查到了他的号码。
- I found his phone number in the telephone directory. → 电话簿
- 小张喜欢把工作文档保存在E盘根目录下。
- Xiao Zhang likes to save his work documents under the root directory of disc E. → 文档
- 查号台
- directory inquiries → 台
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