computer
英 [kəm'pjuːtə]
美 [kəm'pjutɚ]
英文詞源
- computer (n.)
- 1640s, "one who calculates," agent noun from compute (v.). Meaning "calculating machine" (of any type) is from 1897; in modern use, "programmable digital electronic computer" (1945 under this name; theoretical from 1937, as Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) usually is considered the first. Computer literacy is recorded from 1970; an attempt to establish computerate (adjective, on model of literate) in this sense in the early 1980s didn't catch on. Computerese "the jargon of programmers" is from 1960, as are computerize and computerization.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A New York Congressman says the use of computers to record personal data on individuals, such as their credit background, "is just frightening to me." [news article, March 17, 1968]
雙語例句
- 1. He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
- 他給他的計算機編製了一套程序，以比較所有可能的組合。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company?
- 誰願意從一家要倒閉的公司買計算機呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A toy store has marked down the Sonic Hedgehog computer game.
- 一家玩具店降低了電腦遊戲《刺蝟索尼克》的售價。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn't a problem.
- 找個誌願者編這個計算機程序不成問題。
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- 5. Thousands and thousands of start-up firms have poured into the computer market.
- 成千上萬家新成立的公司已湧進了計算機市場。
來自柯林斯例句