archival

C2

a. 档案的, 档案中的

发音

UK /ɑːˈkaɪv(ə)l/
其它
UK /ˈɑːkɪv(ə)l/
US /ˌɑɹˈkaɪv(ə)l/

词形变化

archivals 复数 archivals

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.

    不可数 可数

    Our nightly computer backups include the archival of old e-mail messages.

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.

  2. 2.

    Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.

    archival boxes archival paper

相关短语

archival science 档案学 archival sciences

词源

The adjective is derived from archive (“place for storing earlier, and often historical, material; material so kept, considered as a whole”, noun) + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). The noun is derived from archive (“to put (something) in an archive”, verb) + -al (suffix forming nouns, especially of verbal action).

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