disk

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A disc is a flat, circular shape or object. 盘状物
The food processor has thin, medium, and thick slicing discs. 这个食品加工机有薄、中、厚的切片盘。
2. N-COUNT A disc is one of the thin, circular pieces of cartilage which separates the bones in your back. 椎间盘
I had slipped a disc and was frozen in a spasm of pain. 我的一块椎间盘脱臼了，突然一阵疼痛使我动弹不得。
3. N-COUNT In a computer, the disk is the part where information is stored. (电脑) 磁盘
The program takes up 2.5 megabytes of disk space and can be run on a standard personal computer. 这个程序占用2.5 兆字节的磁盘空间，可以在标准个人电脑上运行。
4. N-COUNT A disc is the same as a . 光盘
5. →see also disk drive , floppy disk , hard disk

How much data can you store on a floppy disk?
a virus erased my hard disk
The data is stored on a hard disk and backed up on a floppy disk.
The display problems might be due to a shortage of disk space .
There's too much data to fit onto just the one disk.
Flatten the pastry into a thin disc with your hands .
The sun looked like an orange disc , barely visible through the haze of gas and ash that filled the sky .
His greatest hits album consists of 2 discs and over 40 songs .
A DVD is a five-inch disc that plays films as well as music .
A gold disc is awarded when a million dollars worth of records are sold .