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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- multimedia
- interactive
- educational
- …
- burn (something onto)
- duplicate
- create
- …
- contain something
- disk
- drive
- edition
- …
- on CD-ROM
Word Origin1980s: acronym from compact disc read-only memory.