If a word, a picture, or a button on a screen is clickable, you can click or tap it and something happens: a new page, a video, a menu. Designers try to make clickable things look clickable — like links or buttons, not like plain text. If it looks like a button but does nothing, people get annoyed; if it is clickable but looks like ordinary writing, people miss it.

If a word, a picture, or a button on a screen is clickable如果螢幕上的一個字、一張圖，或一個按鈕是clickable(可點擊的), you can click or tap it你可以點擊或輕觸它 and something happens然後就會發生某件事: a new page, a video, a menu新頁面、影片、選單. Designers try to make設計師會努力讓 clickable things look clickable可點擊的東西看起來像可以點擊 — like links or buttons就像連結或按鈕一樣, not like plain text而不是像普通文字. If it looks like a button but does nothing如果它看起來像按鈕卻毫無反應, people get annoyed人們會感到不耐; if it is clickable but looks like ordinary writing如果它可以點擊卻看起來像普通文字, people miss it人們就會錯過它.

Though actually, on phones we more often tap than click, but people still say clickable for anything you can press on a screen.

Though actually不過其實, on phones在手機上 we more often tap than click我們更常是輕觸而不是點擊, but people still say clickable但人們仍然說clickable for anything you can press on a screen來指螢幕上任何可以按的東西.

The computer sense is from about the 1980s. The word had a few older uses in factories and shows; learners almost never need those.

The computer sense這個電腦用法的意思 is from about the 1980s大約始於1980年代. The word had a few older uses這個詞還有幾個更早的用法 in factories and shows出現在工廠和表演場合, learners almost never need those學習者幾乎用不到那些.