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thunk

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verb

咚地撞击, 发出咚的声音

To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.

Examples :

"I was thunked on the head by his stick."

我被他的棍子咚地一声撞到了头。

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interjection

咚，扑通.

Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact.

Examples :

""Thunk!" The book landed on the table. "

咚！书本落在了桌上。

sound language exclamation

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noun

延迟计算，待定计算

(functional programming) A delayed computation.

Examples :

"The database query wasn't executed immediately; instead, it was stored as a thunk, waiting to be called when the data was actually needed. "

数据库查询并没有立即执行，而是被存储为一个延迟计算 (delay jisuan)，等待实际需要数据时才被调用。

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noun

无参函数，无元函数

In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.

Examples :

"In Scheme programming class, the professor explained that a simple `thunk` – a function with no inputs – can still be useful for delaying a calculation. "

在Scheme编程课上，教授解释说，即使是一个简单的“无参函数”（thunk），也就是一个没有输入参数的函数，仍然可以用来延迟计算。

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noun

兼容层, 转换层.

A mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system.

Examples :

"The IT team implemented a clever thunk to allow the older inventory software, built for a 16-bit system, to run smoothly on the new 64-bit servers. "

IT 团队实现了一个巧妙的兼容层/转换层，让为 16 位系统构建的旧库存软件能够在新的 64 位服务器上流畅运行。

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verb

延迟计算，推迟计算。

(functional programming) To delay (a computation).

Examples :

"Instead of calculating the final grade immediately, the program thunked the calculation, waiting until the teacher needed to see the report card. "

程序没有立即计算出最终成绩，而是延迟计算，等到老师需要查看成绩单的时候才进行计算。

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verb

转换，映射。

To map (machine data) from one system-specific form to another.

Examples :

"The software engineers needed to thunk the data from the old database format to the new, standardized format. "

软件工程师需要将数据从旧的数据库格式转换映射到新的标准化格式.

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