: to cultivate with an implement (such as a harrow or plow) that turns and loosens the soil with a series of discs
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In the same stroke, the world, hitherto a flat disk, is refashioned as a globe, and the Undying Lands are removed to a mystic dimension of their own. John Garth, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022 Lefthander Brandon Walter, who was promoted to Triple A in May but last pitched June 7, has been shut down with a bulging disk in his upper back. Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 The most popular of the spoon mums is 'Kimie,' which shows off golden yellow petals in a single row around a tight center disk. Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022 Windows 11 generally requires an 8th-generation Intel Core CPU or AMD Ryzen 3000-series CPU or better, as well as Secure Boot support and TPM 2.0 for handling disk encryption and other security functions. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 9 June 2022 But the disk would still work after all these years in a landfill. Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Aug. 2022 The average depth at which the disk could be seen in 2021 was 61 feet. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Should the Council approve this plan and the disk be found, and should the data on it be recoverable (any one of which is far from certain), Howells won’t walk away with the full $187 million. Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022 After all, a solar eclipse—when the Moon appears to cross the disk of the Sun—is an optical illusion. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 30 June 2022
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The exploit chain starts with writing a malicious DLL to disk from the sandboxed Adobe Reader renderer process. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 27 July 2022 The soil can be disked, but preparation is not necessary if the seed is placed in full sun and makes contact with the soil. Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 13 Sep. 2019 Quick tip: State biologists enhance turkey habitat at wildlife management areas by planting winter food, such as wheat, alfalfa or rye grass, and renewing plant succession by burning or disking. Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 3 Feb. 2020 Size: Disk up to 0.7 inch (1.7 centimeters) wide; stalk up to 0.3 inch (0.8 centimeter) tallIUCN Red List Status:National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2016 See More
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borrowed from Latin discus "discus, kind of plate, gong" borrowed from Greek dískos "discus," in Late Greek also "dish, round mirror, the sun's disk, gong" — more at discus
➡ see also discADJECTIVE | VERB + DISK | DISK + VERB | DISK + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤computer計算機磁盤▸➤hard硬盤▸➤CD-ROM, DVD只讀光盤;數字影碟➤CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, etc.可記錄、可複寫、可刻錄等光盤➤floppy, zip (especially NAmE) 軟盤;壓縮磁盤▸➤master母盤◇The master disk can be duplicated as many times as required.母盤可以不限次數地進行複製。➤backup備份盤▸➤program程序盤➤data數據磁盤▸➤server, system服務器磁盤;系統盤➤boot啟動盤▸➤blank空盤➤laser, magnetic, optical激光盤;磁盤;光盤VERB + DISK➤insert, put in插入/放入磁盤◇Insert the disk into the drive slot.把磁盤插入驅動器插槽。➤remove, take out取出磁盤➤format將磁盤格式化➤read讀盤◇The computer reads the disk.計算機能讀磁盤。➤burn, copy, duplicate刻錄/拷貝/複製光盤◇I'll copy the disk into a file.我要把磁盤內容複製到文檔中。➤copy (sth) to, save (sth) to, save sth on(把⋯)複製到磁盤上;(將⋯)保存到磁盤上;將⋯保存在磁盤上◇The program automatically saves to disk every 15 minutes.這個程序每 15 分鐘自動存檔一次。◇Save the document to disk before closing it.關閉文件前把它保存到磁盤上。◇The information can be saved on a disk.信息可以保存在一個磁盤上。➤erase, wipe擦除/抹掉磁盤上的內容◇If you wipe that old disk, we can use it again.如果你抹掉了舊磁盤上的內容,這盤我們就可以再次使用。➤hold sth on, store sth on把⋯貯存在磁盤上◇The records will be stored on the computer's hard disk.記錄將貯存在計算機硬盤上。DISK + VERB➤contain sth磁盤上有⋯◇The disk contains the program you'll need.這張磁盤上有你需要的程序。➤hold sth磁盤容納⋯◇Each disk holds 4.7 GB.每張磁盤容量為 4.7 吉字節。DISK + NOUN➤capacity, space磁盤容量/空間◇I'm running out of disk space on my computer.我計算機上的磁盤空間快用光了。➤drive磁盤驅動器▸➤storage磁盤存貯(器)PREPOSITION➤from disk從磁盤中◇The information required can then be retrieved from disk.然後需要的信息就可以從磁盤中檢索出來。➤on (a/the) disk在磁盤上◇Do you have the file on disk?這個文件存到磁盤上了嗎?◇the data on the disk磁盤上的數據➤onto disk到磁盤上◇It is safest to save your design onto disk.把你的設計保存到磁盤上最安全。➤to disk到磁盤中◇You simply download the pages to disk.你只需要把這幾頁下載到磁盤上。➡ topic at computer