backspace

A noun referring to a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that moves the cursor backward, typically used to delete the character before it.

• 🇨🇳指打字机或计算机键盘上的一个键，用于将光标向后移动，通常用于删除其前面的字符。

1. Keyboard key A2 formal IT

   A key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that moves the cursor backward and deletes the character to its left.

   • Press the backspace key to correct your typo.
   • The backspace key is located in the top-right corner of the keyboard.
   • He hit backspace repeatedly to erase the entire word.

   🇨🇳退格键

   同义词: backspace keybackspacer

• backspaces plural form
• backspaces' possessive plural form
• backspace's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of pressing the backspace key on a keyboard to delete the character to the left of the cursor.

• 🇨🇳动词，指按键盘上的退格键删除光标左侧的字符。也可泛指删除、退回或修正已输入的内容。

1. Delete previous character A2 informal IT

   To press the backspace key on a keyboard to delete the character immediately before the cursor.

   • I had to backspace to correct a typo in my email.
   • She backspaced over the entire word and retyped it.
   • He accidentally backspaced and deleted the whole sentence.

   🇨🇳删除前一个字符

   同义词: deleteerase

2. Move cursor backward A2 informal IT

   To press the backspace key to move the typing position one space backward, often deleting the preceding character.

   • On a typewriter, you backspace to type over a mistake.
   • The old machine required you to backspace manually.
   • He backspaced to the beginning of the line to insert a word.

   🇨🇳向后移动光标

   同义词: deleteerase

• backspaced past participle
• backspaced past simple
• backspacing present participle
• backspaces third person singular