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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- disc [dɪsk]
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1.
n
a flat circular plate
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2.
n
parking disc a marker or device for display in a parked vehicle showing the time of arrival or the latest permitted time of departure or both
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3.
n
something resembling or appearing to resemble this
- the sun's disc
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4.
n
another word for (gramophone) record
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5.
n
[anatomy]
any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc
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6.
n
the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy
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7.
n
(as modifier)
- a disc floret
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8.
n
the middle part of the lip of an orchid
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9.
n
(as modifier)
- a disc zone
- disc parking
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10.
n
a variant spelling of disk
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11.
vb
[computing]
to work (land) with a disc harrow
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12.
vb
[Etymology]
C18: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoit
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1.
n
a flat circular plate
Examples
- The new disc will be out by next weekend.
- 这张新碟将于下周公开发售。
- CD is an {or} the abbreviation for compact disc
- CD是compact disc的缩写 → abbreviation
- a PC-compatible disc → compatible
- the sun's disc → disc
- a disc floret → disc
- a disc zone → disc
- disc parking → disc
- a disc jockey's mid-Atlantic accent → mid-Atlantic
- the trochal disc of a rotifer → trochal
- 灌唱片
- cut a disc → 唱片
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