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CD-ROM

noun
🔊/ˌsiː diː ˈrɒm/
🔊/ˌsiː diː ˈrɑːm/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a type of CD used with a computer on which information, sound and pictures can only be read and not written by the computer (the abbreviation for ‘compact disc read-only memory’) 只读光盘存储器，只读光碟（全写为 compact disc read-only memory）
    • The software package contains 5 CD-ROMs.这个软件包由 5 张只读光盘组成。🔊🔊
    • on CD-ROM The encyclopedia is available on CD-ROM.百科全书有光盘版。🔊🔊
    • a CD-ROM drive (= in a computer)只读光盘驱动器
    • This is the CD-ROM edition of the encyclopedia.这是百科全书的光盘版。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • multimedia
    • interactive
    • educational
    • …
    verb + CD-ROM
    • burn (something onto)
    • duplicate
    • create
    • …
    CD-ROM + verb
    • contain something
    CD-ROM + noun
    • disk
    • drive
    • edition
    • …
    preposition
    • on CD-ROM
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    Word Origin1980s: acronym from compact disc read-only memory.