cartridge

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car·tridge /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable]  1  TDa small container or piece of equipment that you put inside something to make it work 〔插进某物里使用的〕盒；卡 computer game cartridges 电脑游戏卡 an ink cartridge for a printer 打印机的墨盒2. PMWa tube containing explosive powder and a bullet that you put in a gun 弹壳，弹夹，弹药筒 SYN shell

Examples from the Corpus

cartridge• Fox had found a bullet bedded in the ground and a cartridge case to go with it.• All of these devices offer large amounts of storage on relatively low-cost cartridges or disks.• The Iomega Jaz drive stores a gigabyte of information on each cartridge and operates as fast as an internal hard drive.• a computer game cartridge• Little piles of cartridges accumulated on the slab - there was nothing else whatever in any of the pockets.• Using the optional black-only cartridge it should print a five per cent black page for only 0.7p.• My fingers were so cold that I could hardly handle the cartridges, but they very soon warmed up to the work.• Wind the film back into the cartridge before you open the camera.• I then replaced the cartridges, and they still leaked.• The 4300 features separate units, which makes toner cartridge replacement cheaper when it happens.Origin cartridge (1600-1700) cartage “cartridge” ((16-17 centuries)), from French cartouche “gun cartridge with a paper case”, from Italian cartoccio, from carta; → CARD1

car·tridge nounChineseSyllable  

inside of or put small a piece Corpus you that container equipment

cartridge
car‧tridge /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable]1. a small container or piece of equipment that you put inside something to make it work:
    computer game cartridges
    an ink cartridge for a printer
2. a tube containing explosive powder and a bullet that you put in a gun
   SYN  shell

cart·ridgeBrE /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrtrɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun (NAmE also shell) a tube or case containing explosive and a bullet or shot , for shooting from a gun 枪弹；子弹a case containing sth that is used in a machine, for example film for a camera, ink for a printer, etc. Cartridges are put into the machine and can be removed and replaced when they are finished or empty. 胶片盒；暗盒；墨盒a thin tube containing ink which you put inside a pen （钢笔的）笔芯，墨水囊