English Dictionary

download

/ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/

verb

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network. / (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.

I need to download the file from the internet.

意味（1）

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

Voiceover: You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow and then steal it again. Downloading films is stealing. If you do it you WILL face the consequences.

Voiceover: You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow and then steal it again. Downloading films is stealing. If you do it you WILL face the consequences. Roy: Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting really mean.

意味（2）

(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.

意味（3）

(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.

When I was your age, there were no flash drives. I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM.

意味（4）

(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.

意味（5）

(transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.