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file /fail/

• danh từ
  • cái giũa
  • (từ lóng) thằng cha láu cá, thằng cha quay quắt
    • a deep (an old) file: thằng cha quay quắt
  • to bite (gnaw) file
    • lấy thúng úp voi; lấy gậy chọc trời

• ngoại động từ
  • giũa
    • to file one's finger nails: giũa móng tay
    • to file something: giũa nhãn vật gì
  • gọt giũa
    • to file a sentence: gọt giũa một câu văn

• danh từ
  • ô đựng tài liêu, hồ sơ; dây thép móc hồ sơ
    • a bill file; a spike file: cái móc giấy
  • hồ sơ, tài liệu
  • tập báo (xếp theo thứ tự)

• ngoại động từ
  • sắp xếp, sắp đặt (giấy má, thư từ...)
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đệ trình đưa ra (một văn kiện...), đưa (đơn...)

• danh từ
  • hàng, dãy (người, vật)
  • (quân sự) hàng quân
    • to march in file: đi hàng đôi
    • in single (Indian) file: thành hành một
  • connecting file
    • liên lạc viên
  • a file of men
    • (quân sự) nhóm công tác hai người
  • the rank and file
    • (xem) rank

• ngoại động từ
  • cho đi thành hàng

• nội động từ
  • đi thành hàng
  • to file away
    • (như) to file off
  • to file in
    • đi vào từng người một, đi vào thành hàng một, nối đuôi nhau đi vào
  • to file off
    • kéo đi thành hàng nối đuôi nhau
  • to file out
    • đi ra từng người một, đi ra thành hàng một, nối đuôi nhau đi ra

noun, verb
+ noun
1 a box or folded piece of card, often with a wire or metal rod, for keeping loose papers together and in order: a box file + A stack of files awaited me on my desk.
2 a collection of information stored together in a computer, under a particular name: to access / copy / create / delete / save a file + Every file on the same disk must have a different name.
3 ~ (on sb) a file and the information it contains, for example about a particular person or subject: secret police files + to have / open / keep a confidential file on sb + Your application will be kept on file (= in a file, to be used later). + Police have reopened the file (= have started collecting information again) on the missing girl.
4 a metal tool with a rough surface for cutting or shaping hard substances or for making them smooth
See also - NAIL FILE
5 a line of people or things, one behind the other: They set off in file behind the teacher.
Idioms: (in) Indian / single file (in) one line, one behind the other: They made their way in single file along the cliff path.
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (away) to put and keep documents, etc. in a particular place and in a particular order so that you can find them easily; to put a document into a file: The forms should be filed alphabetically. + I filed the letters away in a drawer. + Please file it in my 'Research' file.
2 ~ (for sth) (law) to present sth so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with: [V] to file for divorce / bankruptcy + [VN] to file a claim / a complaint / a petition / a lawsuit [also V to inf]
3 [VN] (of a journalist) to send a report or a story to your employer
4 [V +adv./prep.] to walk in a line of people, one after the other, in a particular direction: The doors of the museum opened and the visitors began to file in.
5 [VN] ~ sth (away / down, etc.) to cut or shape sth or make sth smooth using a file: to file your nails