spool
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/spuːl/
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/spuːl/
A spool is a cylindrical object that you use to hold thread, wire, or film.
She cut a piece of thread from the spool.
她從線軸上剪下一段線。
To spool means to wind something onto a spool.
The machine spooled the wire onto a new spool.
機器將電線繞到了一個新的線軸上。
To spool also means to temporarily store data, like on a disk, before it is printed.
The computer was spooling the document to the printer.
計算機正在將文件發送到打印機。