delete
delete
verb
语源
verb
- [with obj.]remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it or marking it with a delete sign
删除，划掉（文字）
the passage was deleted.
这一段被删除了。
■(一般作 be deleted)remove (data) from a computer's memory
（从计算机存储器中）删除（数据）
■(be deleted)(Genetics)(of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence
(遗传)使（基因码段）缺失，删除（基因码段或及产物）
if one important gene is deleted from an animal's DNA, other genes can stand in.
要是从动物脱氧核糖核酸中删除了一个重要的基因，其他基因就会进行代替。
■remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalogue of those available for purchase
（从购物目录中）删除（产品，尤指音像产品）
their EMI release has already been deleted.
他们在百代唱片公司录制的唱片已停止发售了。
- a command or key on a computer which erases text
删除命令；（电脑的）删除键
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'destroy'): from Latin delet- 'blotted out, effaced', from the verb delere
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