keypunch

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
    — In an admirable combination of the skills of the scientist and the sensitivity of the artist, he mapped hundreds of thousands of images through a keypunch data-processing system and then tried to understand the meanings of the patterns that emerged independent of his own classifications.
  2. An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
动词 v.
  1. To use such a device or machine

词形变化

keypunches plural keypunches present,singular,third-person keypunching participle,present keypunched participle,past keypunched past

词源

词源 1
From key + punch.
词源 2
From key + punch.
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