a collection of historical documents or records of a government, a family, a place or an organization; the place where these records are stored 档案；档案馆；档案室 the National Sound Archive 国家音响档案馆 archive film 档案胶片 The BBC's archives are bulging with material. 英国广播公司的档案库材料极其丰富。
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1The data is now held in the company archives. 这份资料现在保存在公司的档案室里。 We are collecting documents to build up an archive. 我们正在收集文献资料逐步建立起档案。 archive footage of the victory celebrations 庆祝胜利的一组档案胶片 He searched through the archives for previous owners of the house. 他在档案中搜寻房子的前任主人。 It is one of the most important film archives in the world. 这是世界上最重要的胶片档案之一。 Newsreels make up an archive of great historical value. 新闻短片构成了一个极具历史价值的档案。 They are trying to create an archive of spoken language. 他们正试图建立一个口语档案。
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computing 计算机 an electronic record of the data on a computer system, stored on a separate device for safety and security 存档： 计算机系统上数据的电子记录，为了安全起见，存储在单独的设备中Optical media is perfect for storing archives of critical corporate data, such as financial records. 光学介质非常适合存储关键公司数据的档案，如财务记录。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘place where records are kept’): from French archives (plural), from Latin archiva, archia, from Greek arkheia ‘public records’, from arkhē ‘government’. The verb dates from the late 19th cent.