cursor

cursor — noun

1. a small movable marker shown on your monitor — for instance, an arrow or a blink

1.名詞B1
釋義

a small movable marker shown on your monitor — for instance, an arrow or a blinking vertical bar — that tells you the exact spot where clicking or typing will take effect.

例句

Yuna moved the cursor to the top of the document and clicked the save icon.

verb + cursor: move the cursor

When the cursor turns into a hand, you can click on that link.

cursor changes to [shape]

同義詞
  • pointer

    often used specifically for the arrow-shaped cursor that you use to click buttons and links; 'cursor' is broader and includes the text-insertion caret.

  • caret

    a technical term for the blinking vertical line that marks where text will appear; less common in everyday language than 'cursor'.

文法句型

the cursor

a cursor

用法筆記

The cursor can take different shapes — an arrow, an I-beam (for text), or a hand — depending on the task and the part of the screen you are pointing at. The word covers all these forms.

常見錯誤

❌I clicked the cursor on the link.
✅I moved the cursor to the link and clicked on it.
💡'click' is an action you perform with the mouse button, not something you do to the cursor itself.
❌My cursor is very slow.
✅My mouse / trackpad is very slow.
💡slowness usually refers to the input device, not the on-screen marker; the cursor itself does not have speed.