meg

IPA/meɡ/
KK[mˈɛɡ]IPA/meɡ/

meg — noun

  • megsingular
  • megsplural

1. a casual short way of saying megabyte, a measure of how much data a computer, ph

1.名詞B2
釋義

a casual short way of saying megabyte, a measure of how much data a computer, phone, or storage card can hold or move.

例句

Christopher said the holiday video was almost ninety megs, too big to send by email.

[number] megs for a file size

The old phone had only a few hundred megs of space left for photos.

[number] megs of [space] for available storage

同義詞
  • MB

    the written symbol; used in specs and on screens rather than in speech

  • megabyte

    the full, formal term that 'meg' shortens

文法句型

[number] megs

[number] megs of [data/space/memory]

用法筆記

Informal speech only — in writing, manuals, and specifications the full form 'megabyte' or the symbol 'MB' is used instead. Almost always plural with a number ('200 megs').

常見錯誤

❌The file is 50 mega.
✅The file is 50 megs.
💡the casual short form is 'meg', never 'mega' on its own.
❌My laptop has 8 megs of memory.
✅My laptop has 8 gigs of memory.
💡modern memory is measured in gigabytes; 'megs' is far too small for that claim.