English Dictionary

disk

/dɪsk/

noun

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. / (figuratively) Something resembling a disk. / (anatomy) An intervertebral disc / (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

The disk is spinning rapidly.

意味（1）

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

A coin is a disk of metal.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Something resembling a disk.

Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

意味（3）

(anatomy) An intervertebral disc

意味（4）

(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

意味（5）

(computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.

He still uses floppy disks from 1979.

意味（6）

(computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.

意味（7）

(agriculture) A type of harrow.

意味（8）

(botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.