directory

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/|/daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
    — look up an address in the directory
  2. A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
  3. A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
  4. A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
    — […] at the Ufa State Conference it was it was the union's conception of a directory (rather than a dictatorship) to rule anti-Bolshevik Russia that won the day.
形容词 adj.
  1. Containing directions; instructing; directorial.

词形变化

directories plural more directory comparative most directory superlative

词汇关系

下位词
active directory multidirectory nondirectory subdirectory working directory
衍生词
directory assistance directory climbing directory enquiries directoryless directory service directory traversal ex-directory metadirectory non-directory superdirectory
相关词
atlas gazetteer index rolodex

词源

词源 1
From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.
词源 2
From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrēctōrius. By surface analysis, direct + -ory.
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