dele
dele — 動詞
- delepresent simple I / you / we / they
- deles3rd person singular
- deling-ing form
- deledpast simple
1. to mark a letter, word, line, or other printed part so that it should be removed
劃刪；刪去
在校樣上標示刪除
to mark a letter, word, line, or other printed part so that it should be removed during proofreading or typesetting
Marco deled the repeated headline on the page proof.
Marco 在頁面校樣上劃刪了重複的標題。
dele + text on a page proof
The copy editor deled an extra comma before the recipe went to print.
文稿編輯在食譜送印前刪去了多出來的逗號。
dele + error before printing
Joon deled the second date after the museum changed its opening schedule.
Joon 在博物館更改開放時間後，刪去了第二個日期。
One caption was deled during layout after the train photo was cropped.
火車照片裁切後，有一則圖說在排版時被劃刪了。
- delete
the everyday general word for removing text or files
- strike out
focuses on crossing words through on paper
- excise
more formal and often used for cutting passages out
文法句型
dele + word/line/caption
be deled on + page proof
用法筆記
Used mainly in proofreading and printing, not in ordinary digital contexts. Outside that field, people usually say delete or strike out.
常見錯誤
dele — 名詞
1. a proofreading mark that tells a printer or editor to remove a letter, word, lin
刪除記號
校對時表示要刪掉的符號
a proofreading mark that tells a printer or editor to remove a letter, word, line, or other part of printed text
Maeve circled the typo and added a dele in the margin.
Maeve 圈起那個錯字，並在頁邊加了一個刪除記號。
a dele in the margin
The printer missed one dele on the ticket proof and kept the old seat number.
印刷員漏看了票券校樣上的一個刪除記號，所以保留了舊座位號碼。
miss a dele on a proof
A red dele appeared beside the repeated address on the wedding program.
婚禮節目單上重複的地址旁邊，出現了一個紅色的刪除記號。
When Christopher saw the dele, he removed the extra word from page two.
Christopher 看到那個刪除記號後，就把第二頁多出的那個字拿掉了。
- deletion mark
a plain descriptive label for the same proofreading sign
- proofreader's mark
a broader term that can include many correction signs
文法句型
a dele beside + text
mark + text + with a dele
用法筆記
Common in publishing and proofreading. This sense names the mark itself, while the verb sense describes the act of marking text for removal.