wiki

wiki — noun

1. a website that lets many visitors work together by adding, removing, or editing

1.名詞B1
釋義

a website that lets many visitors work together by adding, removing, or editing the content on its pages

例句

Andrei updated the class wiki with notes from yesterday's lecture.

collocation: updated the [topic] wiki

The hiking club created a wiki to share trail maps and safety tips.

collocation: created a wiki to share [information]

同義詞
  • collaborative website

    more formal; describes the function rather than the specific technology

  • knowledge base

    broader meaning — can refer to any shared information repository, not necessarily editable by all users

文法句型

[determiner] + wiki

wiki + noun (attributive)

on + [determiner] + wiki

用法筆記

Countable noun. Frequently used attributively before another noun (e.g. 'wiki page', 'wiki software', 'wiki system'). Unlike normal websites, a wiki allows visitors to change its content without needing technical skills.

常見錯誤

❌Wiki is a website for editing content.
✅A wiki is a type of website for editing content.
💡'wiki' is a countable noun and needs an article (a/an/the) in singular form.
❌I looked it up on Wikipedia, and the wiki is very helpful.
✅I looked it up on Wikipedia, and the article is very helpful.
💡'Wikipedia' is a specific wiki; do not use 'wiki' to mean a single article within it.