file

1. N-COUNT A file is a box or a folded piece of heavy paper or plastic in which letters or documents are kept. 文件盒; 文件夹

...a file of insurance papers. …一个保险单文件夹。

2. N-COUNT A file is a collection of information about a particular person or thing. 卷宗

We already have files on people's tax details. 我们已经有了人们付税详情的卷宗。

3. N-COUNT In computing, a file is a set of related data that has its own name. 文件

Be sure to save the revised version of the file under a new filename. 确保将改过的文件版本另存在一个新的文件名下。

4. N-COUNT A file is a hand tool which is used for rubbing hard objects to make them smooth, shape them, or cut through them. 锉刀

5. V-T If you file a document, you put it in the correct file. 使归档

They are all filed alphabetically under author. 它们都是在作者一栏下面按字母顺序来归档的。

6. V-T/V-I If you file a formal or legal accusation, complaint, or request, you make it officially. 提起

I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later. ，我几个月后以通奸为由提起了离婚。

7. V-T When someone files a report or a news story, they send or give it to their employer. 提交

He had to rush back to the office and file a housing story before the secretaries went home. 他不得不赶回办公室，在秘书们回家之前提交一份有关住房的报道。

8. V-T If you file an object, you smooth it, shape it, or cut it with a file. 锉

Manicurists are skilled at shaping and filing nails. 美甲师对修剪、锉光指甲很在行。

9. V to march or walk in a file or files 排成纵队行进

the ants filed down the hill

10. →see also rank and file

11. PHRASE A group of people who are walking or standing in single file or single file are in a line, one behind the other. 成单行

We were walking in single file to the lake. 我们排成单行走向湖边。