Definition of delete in English:

delete

verb dɪˈliːtdəˈlit

[with object]

1Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it.
删除，划掉（文字）
the passage was deleted
这一段被删除了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The paragraph referring to the incident has now been deleted in its entirety.
- ‘His name should have been deleted from the list,’ the chairman said yesterday.
- For the last time, I'm a (expletive deleted) veteran.
- There's also deleted scenes, trailers, costume design artwork, the lot.
- Since year was not significant in either model, it was deleted from subsequent analysis.
- The passage I have highlighted is that which was deleted by amendment with effect from 31st January 2001.
- I'm your dream man/woman (delete as applicable).
- But once the dogs of war started howling he deleted the fine print.
- With items such as the sauces, he is more than willing to include or delete ingredients, as he says that everything is made fresh to order.
- I vote that the second half of the film be deleted, re-written, and re-filmed to completely focus on the time spent on The Farm.
- The pharmacy deleted an important ingredient in your blood pressure management when it made this switch.
- He's the computer genius behind control alt delete.
- Cows with valid genotypes for fewer than three markers were deleted from the analysis.
- Government operates best when there are no secrets… I would urge that Section 15 be deleted in its entirety.
Synonyms
remove, cut out, take out, edit out, expunge, excise, eradicate, cancel, unpublish
cross out, strike out, put a line through, blue-pencil, ink out, score out, scratch out, obliterate, white out
rub out, erase, efface, wipe out, blot out
Computing, informal kill
Printing dele
British trademark Tippex out
1. 1.1 Remove (data) from a computer's memory.
  （从计算机存储器中）删除（数据）
  any program in memory will be deleted before the new one is loaded
  Example sentencesExamples
  Computers do not destroy data when a user deletes it, therefore leaving evidence for investigators to locate.
  A memory leak occurs when memory is allocated and not freed after use, or when the pointer to a memory allocation is deleted, rendering the memory no longer usable.
  If the audit process reveals unlicensed software, we will only recommend that a company either pays for the appropriate licenses or deletes the software.
  I was deleting excessive writing on computer, and then I by accidentally deleted this chapter off the site, so I had to rewrite it.
  Why not ask me why I keep deleting your emails instead of continuing to send them?
  They can be easily removed by deleting them in your browser settings.
  Users are advised to update their antivirus software and delete any suspicious emails without opening them.
  Remove software by deleting them from the Program Files folder.
  In a normal linked list, you remove a node to delete the data it's holding.
  Memory module prices were quite high and you needed a computer to add or delete music.
  Who said you had to spend your life deleting unwanted e-mail?
  You record all your songs to flash memory adding or deleting selections as often as you like.
  The system must be capable of adding or deleting storage or computing resources, as needed, using front-end software tools.
  For example, a Web site can be removed simply by a system administrator deleting a Web address from a list.
  It is also advising on its website that anyone who receives this email should delete it.
  In many cases, criminals think that they can permanently delete information from their computers by hitting Delete on the keyboard.
  Ultimately, the inquiry reported that at least 500 files that might have proved relevant to its investigation had been deleted from government computers.
  Earlier this week, we wrote about a lawsuit between two spyware companies, after one got upset that the other was deleting its software when both were installed on the same computer.
  The game is downloaded into a phone's memory and deleted when a player has completed the game.
  I immediately deleted the jpeg and am worried that my PC is now infected.
2. 1.2 Remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalogue of those available for purchase.
  （从购物目录中）删除（产品，尤指音像产品）
  their EMI release has already been deleted
  他们在百代唱片公司录制的唱片已停止发售了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The IHI list of medications is provided as a beginning framework, and health care organizations can add or delete medications from the list.
  The single was only previously available on Vinyl on Japanese import and had long been deleted, plus the recording company went bust.
  Serious about their decision to leave the music business, the band deleted their back catalogue, which meant that after the existing records were sold no more would be pressed.
  The group says most of the sections it disagreed with were either deleted or scaled back.
  If none of these options is considered feasible, the company must decide how best to delete the product.
  Our hotel and restaurant industry should be kind enough to delete bottled water from its menu of profit making food and beverage items.
  Then they deleted their entire back catalogue.
3. 1.3be deletedGenetics (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence.
  〔遗传〕使（基因码段）缺失，删除（基因码段或及产物）
  if one important gene is deleted from an animal's DNA, other genes can stand in
  要是从动物脱氧核糖核酸中删除了一个重要的基因，其他基因就会进行代替。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Lack of extrusion of the palindrome may explain why it was not deleted from the chromosomal locus during growth of the recombinants.
  As reported previously, at each insertion site some chromosomal DNA was deleted, most likely in conjunction with the integration event.
  A total of 542 genes that are potentially deleted in the Kas genome were also identified.
  In this process new genes are created by repeated gene duplications, and some genes may later become pseudogenes or even be deleted from the genome.
  This may be related to the large size of the chromosomal DNA to be deleted, to polymorphism at this locus, or to specific effects of the donor DNA.

noundɪˈliːtdəˈlit

A command or key on a computer which erases text.
（电脑的）删除命令；删除键
you can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program
Example sentencesExamples
- I accidentally hit the tiny delete key instead of backspace.
- Plus, I reckon it also takes more time to carry real junk mail to the rubbish and deposit it than it does to hit the delete key.
- I had to wonder - in the millisecond before I hit the delete button - who had sent them and from where and why.
- In that old journalistic tradition, I make my excuses and leave - or do the technological equivalent and press the delete button.
- Most times we reach straight for the delete key; that's what it's there for.
- However I belatedly spotted a familiar name when doing a mass delete and managed to pull this one out of the group earmarked for deletion.
- In fact if the e-mail says that - you're safe to just hit delete.
- However I am about to change jobs and pressing the delete button a thousand times on my PC at work has been most cathartic.
- However, this morning the number key containing the dollar sign stopped working, followed by the delete key and the return key.
- He therewith began counting down from five, and on each digit, descended his index finger closer to the delete button.
- You can't just hit delete, you have to rip the pages or white out the text.
- Remembering is delegated to the hard drive; if something unpleasant happens, we press delete.
- Next, I hit the delete button to remove the email.
- Because a CD-ROM is static, there will never be a delete or update.
- Hit the delete key and make up something innocuous.
- Great, but won't people have to have phones which can accept delete commands?
- Yes - even the placement of the delete function is, when viewed in context, diabolical.
- She types a word, decides against it, and presses down the delete button.
- So if you do receive the email, hit the delete button rather than passing it on to friends.
- Pressing the delete button gives you control over your life.

Derivatives

deletable

adjective

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'destroy'): from Latin delet- 'blotted out, effaced', from the verb delere.

‘Destroy’ was the early recorded sense of delete, from Latin delere ‘blot out, efface’.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

Definition of delete in US English:

delete

verbdəˈlitdəˈlēt

[with object]

1Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it or marking it with a delete sign.
删除，划掉（文字）
the passage was deleted
这一段被删除了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm your dream man/woman (delete as applicable).
- For the last time, I'm a (expletive deleted) veteran.
- Cows with valid genotypes for fewer than three markers were deleted from the analysis.
- ‘His name should have been deleted from the list,’ the chairman said yesterday.
- There's also deleted scenes, trailers, costume design artwork, the lot.
- With items such as the sauces, he is more than willing to include or delete ingredients, as he says that everything is made fresh to order.
- Since year was not significant in either model, it was deleted from subsequent analysis.
- I vote that the second half of the film be deleted, re-written, and re-filmed to completely focus on the time spent on The Farm.
- Government operates best when there are no secrets… I would urge that Section 15 be deleted in its entirety.
- The paragraph referring to the incident has now been deleted in its entirety.
- But once the dogs of war started howling he deleted the fine print.
- The pharmacy deleted an important ingredient in your blood pressure management when it made this switch.
- The passage I have highlighted is that which was deleted by amendment with effect from 31st January 2001.
- He's the computer genius behind control alt delete.
Synonyms
remove, cut out, take out, edit out, expunge, excise, eradicate, cancel, unpublish
1. 1.1usually be deleted Remove (data) from a computer's memory.
  （从计算机存储器中）删除（数据）
  Example sentencesExamples
  A memory leak occurs when memory is allocated and not freed after use, or when the pointer to a memory allocation is deleted, rendering the memory no longer usable.
  I immediately deleted the jpeg and am worried that my PC is now infected.
  You record all your songs to flash memory adding or deleting selections as often as you like.
  The game is downloaded into a phone's memory and deleted when a player has completed the game.
  Earlier this week, we wrote about a lawsuit between two spyware companies, after one got upset that the other was deleting its software when both were installed on the same computer.
  Ultimately, the inquiry reported that at least 500 files that might have proved relevant to its investigation had been deleted from government computers.
  In many cases, criminals think that they can permanently delete information from their computers by hitting Delete on the keyboard.
  Users are advised to update their antivirus software and delete any suspicious emails without opening them.
  Remove software by deleting them from the Program Files folder.
  Computers do not destroy data when a user deletes it, therefore leaving evidence for investigators to locate.
  I was deleting excessive writing on computer, and then I by accidentally deleted this chapter off the site, so I had to rewrite it.
  The system must be capable of adding or deleting storage or computing resources, as needed, using front-end software tools.
  It is also advising on its website that anyone who receives this email should delete it.
  Who said you had to spend your life deleting unwanted e-mail?
  Memory module prices were quite high and you needed a computer to add or delete music.
  In a normal linked list, you remove a node to delete the data it's holding.
  Why not ask me why I keep deleting your emails instead of continuing to send them?
  They can be easily removed by deleting them in your browser settings.
  If the audit process reveals unlicensed software, we will only recommend that a company either pays for the appropriate licenses or deletes the software.
  For example, a Web site can be removed simply by a system administrator deleting a Web address from a list.
2. 1.2 Remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalog of those available for purchase.
  （从购物目录中）删除（产品，尤指音像产品）
  their EMI release has already been deleted
  他们在百代唱片公司录制的唱片已停止发售了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The IHI list of medications is provided as a beginning framework, and health care organizations can add or delete medications from the list.
  If none of these options is considered feasible, the company must decide how best to delete the product.
  The group says most of the sections it disagreed with were either deleted or scaled back.
  The single was only previously available on Vinyl on Japanese import and had long been deleted, plus the recording company went bust.
  Our hotel and restaurant industry should be kind enough to delete bottled water from its menu of profit making food and beverage items.
  Serious about their decision to leave the music business, the band deleted their back catalogue, which meant that after the existing records were sold no more would be pressed.
  Then they deleted their entire back catalogue.
3. 1.3be deletedGenetics (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence.
  〔遗传〕使（基因码段）缺失，删除（基因码段或及产物）
  if one important gene is deleted from an animal's DNA, other genes can stand in
  要是从动物脱氧核糖核酸中删除了一个重要的基因，其他基因就会进行代替。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As reported previously, at each insertion site some chromosomal DNA was deleted, most likely in conjunction with the integration event.
  A total of 542 genes that are potentially deleted in the Kas genome were also identified.
  In this process new genes are created by repeated gene duplications, and some genes may later become pseudogenes or even be deleted from the genome.
  Lack of extrusion of the palindrome may explain why it was not deleted from the chromosomal locus during growth of the recombinants.
  This may be related to the large size of the chromosomal DNA to be deleted, to polymorphism at this locus, or to specific effects of the donor DNA.

noundəˈlitdəˈlēt

A command or key on a computer which erases text.
（电脑的）删除命令；删除键
Example sentencesExamples
- Most times we reach straight for the delete key; that's what it's there for.
- Next, I hit the delete button to remove the email.
- In fact if the e-mail says that - you're safe to just hit delete.
- He therewith began counting down from five, and on each digit, descended his index finger closer to the delete button.
- I accidentally hit the tiny delete key instead of backspace.
- I had to wonder - in the millisecond before I hit the delete button - who had sent them and from where and why.
- Great, but won't people have to have phones which can accept delete commands?
- So if you do receive the email, hit the delete button rather than passing it on to friends.
- You can't just hit delete, you have to rip the pages or white out the text.
- In that old journalistic tradition, I make my excuses and leave - or do the technological equivalent and press the delete button.
- Remembering is delegated to the hard drive; if something unpleasant happens, we press delete.
- Pressing the delete button gives you control over your life.
- However I belatedly spotted a familiar name when doing a mass delete and managed to pull this one out of the group earmarked for deletion.
- Because a CD-ROM is static, there will never be a delete or update.
- Plus, I reckon it also takes more time to carry real junk mail to the rubbish and deposit it than it does to hit the delete key.
- She types a word, decides against it, and presses down the delete button.
- However I am about to change jobs and pressing the delete button a thousand times on my PC at work has been most cathartic.
- However, this morning the number key containing the dollar sign stopped working, followed by the delete key and the return key.
- Hit the delete key and make up something innocuous.
- Yes - even the placement of the delete function is, when viewed in context, diabolical.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.

词汇	delete
释义	Definition of delete in English: delete verb dɪˈliːtdəˈlit [with object] 1Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it. 删除，划掉（文字） the passage was deleted 这一段被删除了。 Example sentencesExamples The paragraph referring to the incident has now been deleted in its entirety. ‘His name should have been deleted from the list,’ the chairman said yesterday. For the last time, I'm a (expletive deleted) veteran. There's also deleted scenes, trailers, costume design artwork, the lot. Since year was not significant in either model, it was deleted from subsequent analysis. The passage I have highlighted is that which was deleted by amendment with effect from 31st January 2001. I'm your dream man/woman (delete as applicable). But once the dogs of war started howling he deleted the fine print. With items such as the sauces, he is more than willing to include or delete ingredients, as he says that everything is made fresh to order. I vote that the second half of the film be deleted, re-written, and re-filmed to completely focus on the time spent on The Farm. The pharmacy deleted an important ingredient in your blood pressure management when it made this switch. He's the computer genius behind control alt delete. Cows with valid genotypes for fewer than three markers were deleted from the analysis. Government operates best when there are no secrets… I would urge that Section 15 be deleted in its entirety. Synonyms remove, cut out, take out, edit out, expunge, excise, eradicate, cancel, unpublish cross out, strike out, put a line through, blue-pencil, ink out, score out, scratch out, obliterate, white out rub out, erase, efface, wipe out, blot out Computing, informal kill Printing dele British trademark Tippex out 1.1 Remove (data) from a computer's memory. （从计算机存储器中）删除（数据） any program in memory will be deleted before the new one is loaded Example sentencesExamples Computers do not destroy data when a user deletes it, therefore leaving evidence for investigators to locate. A memory leak occurs when memory is allocated and not freed after use, or when the pointer to a memory allocation is deleted, rendering the memory no longer usable. If the audit process reveals unlicensed software, we will only recommend that a company either pays for the appropriate licenses or deletes the software. I was deleting excessive writing on computer, and then I by accidentally deleted this chapter off the site, so I had to rewrite it. Why not ask me why I keep deleting your emails instead of continuing to send them? They can be easily removed by deleting them in your browser settings. Users are advised to update their antivirus software and delete any suspicious emails without opening them. Remove software by deleting them from the Program Files folder. In a normal linked list, you remove a node to delete the data it's holding. Memory module prices were quite high and you needed a computer to add or delete music. Who said you had to spend your life deleting unwanted e-mail? You record all your songs to flash memory adding or deleting selections as often as you like. The system must be capable of adding or deleting storage or computing resources, as needed, using front-end software tools. For example, a Web site can be removed simply by a system administrator deleting a Web address from a list. It is also advising on its website that anyone who receives this email should delete it. In many cases, criminals think that they can permanently delete information from their computers by hitting Delete on the keyboard. Ultimately, the inquiry reported that at least 500 files that might have proved relevant to its investigation had been deleted from government computers. Earlier this week, we wrote about a lawsuit between two spyware companies, after one got upset that the other was deleting its software when both were installed on the same computer. The game is downloaded into a phone's memory and deleted when a player has completed the game. I immediately deleted the jpeg and am worried that my PC is now infected. 1.2 Remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalogue of those available for purchase. （从购物目录中）删除（产品，尤指音像产品） their EMI release has already been deleted 他们在百代唱片公司录制的唱片已停止发售了。 Example sentencesExamples The IHI list of medications is provided as a beginning framework, and health care organizations can add or delete medications from the list. The single was only previously available on Vinyl on Japanese import and had long been deleted, plus the recording company went bust. Serious about their decision to leave the music business, the band deleted their back catalogue, which meant that after the existing records were sold no more would be pressed. The group says most of the sections it disagreed with were either deleted or scaled back. If none of these options is considered feasible, the company must decide how best to delete the product. Our hotel and restaurant industry should be kind enough to delete bottled water from its menu of profit making food and beverage items. Then they deleted their entire back catalogue. 1.3be deletedGenetics (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence. 〔遗传〕使（基因码段）缺失，删除（基因码段或及产物） if one important gene is deleted from an animal's DNA, other genes can stand in 要是从动物脱氧核糖核酸中删除了一个重要的基因，其他基因就会进行代替。 Example sentencesExamples Lack of extrusion of the palindrome may explain why it was not deleted from the chromosomal locus during growth of the recombinants. As reported previously, at each insertion site some chromosomal DNA was deleted, most likely in conjunction with the integration event. A total of 542 genes that are potentially deleted in the Kas genome were also identified. In this process new genes are created by repeated gene duplications, and some genes may later become pseudogenes or even be deleted from the genome. This may be related to the large size of the chromosomal DNA to be deleted, to polymorphism at this locus, or to specific effects of the donor DNA. noundɪˈliːtdəˈlit A command or key on a computer which erases text. （电脑的）删除命令；删除键 you can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program Example sentencesExamples I accidentally hit the tiny delete key instead of backspace. Plus, I reckon it also takes more time to carry real junk mail to the rubbish and deposit it than it does to hit the delete key. I had to wonder - in the millisecond before I hit the delete button - who had sent them and from where and why. In that old journalistic tradition, I make my excuses and leave - or do the technological equivalent and press the delete button. Most times we reach straight for the delete key; that's what it's there for. However I belatedly spotted a familiar name when doing a mass delete and managed to pull this one out of the group earmarked for deletion. In fact if the e-mail says that - you're safe to just hit delete. However I am about to change jobs and pressing the delete button a thousand times on my PC at work has been most cathartic. However, this morning the number key containing the dollar sign stopped working, followed by the delete key and the return key. He therewith began counting down from five, and on each digit, descended his index finger closer to the delete button. You can't just hit delete, you have to rip the pages or white out the text. Remembering is delegated to the hard drive; if something unpleasant happens, we press delete. Next, I hit the delete button to remove the email. Because a CD-ROM is static, there will never be a delete or update. Hit the delete key and make up something innocuous. Great, but won't people have to have phones which can accept delete commands? Yes - even the placement of the delete function is, when viewed in context, diabolical. She types a word, decides against it, and presses down the delete button. So if you do receive the email, hit the delete button rather than passing it on to friends. Pressing the delete button gives you control over your life. Derivatives deletable adjective Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'destroy'): from Latin delet- 'blotted out, effaced', from the verb delere. ‘Destroy’ was the early recorded sense of delete, from Latin delere ‘blot out, efface’. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat Definition of delete in US English: delete verbdəˈlitdəˈlēt [with object] 1Remove or obliterate (written or printed matter), especially by drawing a line through it or marking it with a delete sign. 删除，划掉（文字） the passage was deleted 这一段被删除了。 Example sentencesExamples I'm your dream man/woman (delete as applicable). For the last time, I'm a (expletive deleted) veteran. Cows with valid genotypes for fewer than three markers were deleted from the analysis. ‘His name should have been deleted from the list,’ the chairman said yesterday. There's also deleted scenes, trailers, costume design artwork, the lot. With items such as the sauces, he is more than willing to include or delete ingredients, as he says that everything is made fresh to order. Since year was not significant in either model, it was deleted from subsequent analysis. I vote that the second half of the film be deleted, re-written, and re-filmed to completely focus on the time spent on The Farm. Government operates best when there are no secrets… I would urge that Section 15 be deleted in its entirety. The paragraph referring to the incident has now been deleted in its entirety. But once the dogs of war started howling he deleted the fine print. The pharmacy deleted an important ingredient in your blood pressure management when it made this switch. The passage I have highlighted is that which was deleted by amendment with effect from 31st January 2001. He's the computer genius behind control alt delete. Synonyms remove, cut out, take out, edit out, expunge, excise, eradicate, cancel, unpublish 1.1usually be deleted Remove (data) from a computer's memory. （从计算机存储器中）删除（数据） Example sentencesExamples A memory leak occurs when memory is allocated and not freed after use, or when the pointer to a memory allocation is deleted, rendering the memory no longer usable. I immediately deleted the jpeg and am worried that my PC is now infected. You record all your songs to flash memory adding or deleting selections as often as you like. The game is downloaded into a phone's memory and deleted when a player has completed the game. Earlier this week, we wrote about a lawsuit between two spyware companies, after one got upset that the other was deleting its software when both were installed on the same computer. Ultimately, the inquiry reported that at least 500 files that might have proved relevant to its investigation had been deleted from government computers. In many cases, criminals think that they can permanently delete information from their computers by hitting Delete on the keyboard. Users are advised to update their antivirus software and delete any suspicious emails without opening them. Remove software by deleting them from the Program Files folder. Computers do not destroy data when a user deletes it, therefore leaving evidence for investigators to locate. I was deleting excessive writing on computer, and then I by accidentally deleted this chapter off the site, so I had to rewrite it. The system must be capable of adding or deleting storage or computing resources, as needed, using front-end software tools. It is also advising on its website that anyone who receives this email should delete it. Who said you had to spend your life deleting unwanted e-mail? Memory module prices were quite high and you needed a computer to add or delete music. In a normal linked list, you remove a node to delete the data it's holding. Why not ask me why I keep deleting your emails instead of continuing to send them? They can be easily removed by deleting them in your browser settings. If the audit process reveals unlicensed software, we will only recommend that a company either pays for the appropriate licenses or deletes the software. For example, a Web site can be removed simply by a system administrator deleting a Web address from a list. 1.2 Remove (a product, especially a recording) from the catalog of those available for purchase. （从购物目录中）删除（产品，尤指音像产品） their EMI release has already been deleted 他们在百代唱片公司录制的唱片已停止发售了。 Example sentencesExamples The IHI list of medications is provided as a beginning framework, and health care organizations can add or delete medications from the list. If none of these options is considered feasible, the company must decide how best to delete the product. The group says most of the sections it disagreed with were either deleted or scaled back. The single was only previously available on Vinyl on Japanese import and had long been deleted, plus the recording company went bust. Our hotel and restaurant industry should be kind enough to delete bottled water from its menu of profit making food and beverage items. Serious about their decision to leave the music business, the band deleted their back catalogue, which meant that after the existing records were sold no more would be pressed. Then they deleted their entire back catalogue. 1.3be deletedGenetics (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence. 〔遗传〕使（基因码段）缺失，删除（基因码段或及产物） if one important gene is deleted from an animal's DNA, other genes can stand in 要是从动物脱氧核糖核酸中删除了一个重要的基因，其他基因就会进行代替。 Example sentencesExamples As reported previously, at each insertion site some chromosomal DNA was deleted, most likely in conjunction with the integration event. A total of 542 genes that are potentially deleted in the Kas genome were also identified. In this process new genes are created by repeated gene duplications, and some genes may later become pseudogenes or even be deleted from the genome. Lack of extrusion of the palindrome may explain why it was not deleted from the chromosomal locus during growth of the recombinants. This may be related to the large size of the chromosomal DNA to be deleted, to polymorphism at this locus, or to specific effects of the donor DNA. noundəˈlitdəˈlēt A command or key on a computer which erases text. （电脑的）删除命令；删除键 Example sentencesExamples Most times we reach straight for the delete key; that's what it's there for. Next, I hit the delete button to remove the email. In fact if the e-mail says that - you're safe to just hit delete. He therewith began counting down from five, and on each digit, descended his index finger closer to the delete button. I accidentally hit the tiny delete key instead of backspace. I had to wonder - in the millisecond before I hit the delete button - who had sent them and from where and why. Great, but won't people have to have phones which can accept delete commands? So if you do receive the email, hit the delete button rather than passing it on to friends. You can't just hit delete, you have to rip the pages or white out the text. In that old journalistic tradition, I make my excuses and leave - or do the technological equivalent and press the delete button. Remembering is delegated to the hard drive; if something unpleasant happens, we press delete. Pressing the delete button gives you control over your life. However I belatedly spotted a familiar name when doing a mass delete and managed to pull this one out of the group earmarked for deletion. Because a CD-ROM is static, there will never be a delete or update. Plus, I reckon it also takes more time to carry real junk mail to the rubbish and deposit it than it does to hit the delete key. She types a word, decides against it, and presses down the delete button. However I am about to change jobs and pressing the delete button a thousand times on my PC at work has been most cathartic. However, this morning the number key containing the dollar sign stopped working, followed by the delete key and the return key. Hit the delete key and make up something innocuous. Yes - even the placement of the delete function is, when viewed in context, diabolical. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.
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