lossy
lossy — 形容詞
- lossypositive
- lossiercomparative
- lossiestsuperlative
1. describing a way of making computer files smaller, or a material carrying electr
有損的
壓縮時會捨棄部分資料、無法復原的
describing a way of making computer files smaller, or a material carrying electricity, in which some of the original detail or power is thrown away and cannot be brought back.
Owen saved the photo as a JPEG, a lossy format that drops fine detail to save space.
Owen 把照片存成 JPEG，這種有損格式會捨棄細節來縮小檔案。
lossy + noun (lossy format)
The streaming service uses lossy audio, so the cymbals sound slightly thinner than on the disc.
這個串流服務用的是有損音訊，所以鈸聲聽起來比 CD 上略為單薄。
lossy describing audio compression
Rohan warned the team that lossy compression would ruin the tiny text on the scanned maps.
Rohan 提醒團隊，有損壓縮會毀掉掃描地圖上那些細小的文字。
Engineers replaced the lossy cable because too much signal faded before it reached the antenna.
工程師換掉了那條有損的纜線，因為太多訊號還沒傳到天線就衰減掉了。
Once you store a song in a lossy file, the missing sounds are gone for good.
歌曲一旦存成有損檔案，消失的聲音就再也找不回來了。
- compressed
broader; covers both lossy and lossless shrinking, so it doesn't say detail is lost
- degraded
stresses the worse quality of the result, not the method that caused it
- lossless
shrinks a file with no loss of detail; the direct technical opposite
文法句型
lossy + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (lossy format, lossy compression, lossy codec) rather than after 'be'. Contrasts directly with 'lossless', which keeps every bit of the original.