recorder
UK/ri'kɒ:dә/US
IELTS中考高考四级六级考研A2
释义
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
词根拆分
词根派生record再，回
+
-er心
=recorder
record + -er（施动者：做这件事的东西）= 录音的设备。而「竖笛」这个 recorder 是个有趣的意外：它得名并非来自保存声音，而是来自 record 一个更古的义项「练唱、婉转鸣唱」——recorder 曾指用来练曲子的乐器。
常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
She switched on the voice recorder before the interview began.
采访开始前，她打开了录音笔。
- 2.
Most British children learn to play the recorder at school.
大多数英国孩子在学校都学过吹竖笛。