[ˈɑːkʌɪv]noun
(一般作 archives)a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people
（地域、机构或人的）历史档案
source materials in local archives.
当地档案中的原始资料。
[as modifier]a section of archive film.
档案电影集。
■the place where historical documents or records are kept
档案室，档案馆
they were allowed to study in the archives.
他们被允许在档案室里查阅。
■a complete record of the data in part or all of a computer system, stored on an infrequently used medium
归档数据
verb
[with obj.]place or store (something) in such a collection or place
把…存入档案资料（或档案室）
■(Computing)transfer (data) to a less frequently used storage medium such as magnetic tape, typically external to the computer system and having a greater storage capacity
(计算机)归档

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派生
archival
adjective

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语源
early 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