upload
upload — verb
1. To send a digital file or set of data from your personal device — for example, a
To send a digital file or set of data from your personal device — for example, a phone, camera, or computer — to the internet or a central system so that it can be stored or shared.
Mizuki uploaded her holiday photos to a shared online album.
upload + object + to + location
Before the meeting, Quan uploaded the report to the team's shared folder.
time clause opens the sentence
It took over an hour to upload all the wedding videos to the site.
Many people upload their work to cloud storage every day.
The video was too large to upload from Shirin's phone.
- transfer
Broader; can refer to moving any data or objects between locations, not necessarily digital or to an online system.
- send
More general; applies to physical and digital delivery and does not specifically imply a local-to-remote direction.
- post
Restricted to putting content on a website, social platform, or forum; often implies making it publicly visible.
- submit
Often used for forms, applications, or assignments sent to a system for review rather than simply stored.
文法句型
upload + object + to + location
用法筆記
Computing context only. Transitive use (upload + file) and intransitive use (the file is uploading) are both common. The preposition to introduces the destination: upload a video to YouTube.
常見錯誤
upload — noun
1. A digital file or set of data that has been sent from a local device to a remote
A digital file or set of data that has been sent from a local device to a remote system or the internet, often referring to the act or the result of uploading.
Romi checked the upload to make sure all the photos were there.
collocation: check the upload
The upload failed because the internet connection was too slow.
collocation: upload failed
Each upload is scanned for viruses before it is shared with the team.
Otis received a notification when the upload was complete.
Some uploads can take several minutes depending on the file size.
- file
A broader term that does not specify direction or the action of transferring.
- submission
Specifically for documents or data sent to a system for review or processing, often in formal or academic contexts.
- download
A file received from a remote system to a local device.
用法筆記
Often modified by adjectives indicating size (large upload), speed (slow upload), or outcome (failed upload, successful upload). The verb form is more frequent in everyday English.