recorder
UK/ri'kɒ:dә/US
IELTSA2
Definitions
n.
A device that captures sound or video for later playback.
录音机；录像机
n.
A simple wooden or plastic flute played by blowing into one end.
竖笛，八孔直笛
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedrecordagain, back
+
-erheart
=recorder
record + -er (agent: the thing that does it) = the device that records. The musical 'recorder' (the flute) is a quirk: it is named not from saving sound but from an older sense of record meaning 'to practise a tune, to warble' — a recorder was an instrument for rehearsing songs.
Common Collocations
- 1.voice recorder录音笔
- 2.video recorder录像机
- 3.digital recorder数字录音机
- 4.play the recorder吹奏竖笛
Example Sentences
- 1.
She switched on the voice recorder before the interview began.
- 2.
Most British children learn to play the recorder at school.