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’) 只讀光盤存儲器,只讀光碟(全寫爲 compact disc read-only memory) The software package contains 5 CD-ROMs. 這個軟件包由 5 張只讀光盤組成。 - on CD-ROM
The encyclopedia is available on CD-ROM. 百科全書有光盤版。 a CD-ROM drive (= in a computer) 只讀光盤驅動器 This is the CD-ROM edition of the encyclopedia. 這是百科全書的光盤版。
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.