In a car, the dashboard is the panel in front of the driver. The speed numbers, warning lights, and many switches live there, under the windscreen. That is the meaning you will meet first in learner English, and it is still the everyday driving meaning.

In a car在車子裡， the dashboard is the panel in front of the driverdashboard指的是駕駛座前面那塊面板。 The speed numbers, warning lights, and many switches live there車速數字、警示燈，還有很多開關都在那裡， under the windscreen在擋風玻璃底下。 That is the meaning you will meet first in learner English這是學習者英文裡最先遇到的意思， and it is still the everyday driving meaning也還是開車時最日常的用法。

The word is older than cars: it started as a board that stopped mud from being dashed up onto people in a horse carriage, and later the name moved to the front panel of a car.

The word is older than cars這個字比汽車還老： it started as a board一開始是指一塊板子， that stopped mud from being dashed up onto people in a horse carriage用來擋住馬車上濺起來噴到人身上的泥巴， and later the name moved to the front panel of a car後來這個名字就轉移到汽車前面的面板上。

Though actually, today dashboard is also a very common computer word: a screen that shows you several pieces of information at once, like sales numbers or how a website is doing. That later meaning grew from the car picture — a place where you glance at what matters.

Though actually不過其實， today dashboard is also a very common computer word現在dashboard也是個很常見的電腦用語： a screen that shows you several pieces of information at once一個一次顯示好幾種資訊的畫面， like sales numbers or how a website is doing像是銷售數字，或一個網站的運作狀況。 That later meaning grew from the car picture這個後來的意思，是從汽車那個畫面長出來的—— a place where you glance at what matters一個你一眼就能看到重要資訊的地方。

Both uses are normal now. In a driving lesson it means the car panel; in an office it often means the computer screen. The sentence around it tells you which one.

Both uses are normal now這兩種用法現在都很正常。 In a driving lesson it means the car panel在駕駛課上，它指的是車子的面板； in an office it often means the computer screen在辦公室裡，它常常指的是電腦畫面。 The sentence around it tells you which one句子前後文會告訴你是哪一個。