- 1a/ˌhaɪ ˈtek/high tech (newest technology)高科技的
Using the newest and most advanced technology, especially computers, electronics and machines that can do a lot on their own.
「high tech」形容一樣東西用上了目前最新、最先進的技術。重點在「新」，不只是「複雜」。一台老機器可以很複雜，但不會叫 high tech。放在名詞前面時，通常寫成 high-tech，中間有連字號，例如 a high-tech factory。相反的說法是 low-tech，指用簡單、老方法做的。這個字多半用來講工廠、設備、醫療器材、交通這些領域。它形容東西，不形容人。
示範例句 · Example
The new factory in Hsinchu is completely high-tech.
中文翻譯新竹的那座新工廠是完全高科技的。
High tech describes a thing, not a person. It says the thing is built with the most advanced technology available now. New is the key idea, not merely complicated: an old machine can be complicated and still not be high tech. Before a noun it is usually written with a hyphen, as in a high-tech factory. Its opposite, low-tech, is used the same way and means simple, older methods.
常見搭配
a high-tech industry
高科技產業
an area of business built on advanced technology
Many of her classmates went into high-tech industries.
a high-tech company
科技公司
a firm that makes or uses advanced technology
He left teaching to join a high-tech company.
high-tech equipment
高科技設備
advanced machines and tools
The lab is full of high-tech equipment the students may not touch.
go high-tech
改用高科技
to start using advanced technology
The night market has gone high-tech — you can pay with your phone everywhere.
- 2a/ˌhaɪ ˈtek/high tech (design style)科技感的（設計風格）
Used about furniture, rooms and designs that are made in a very modern style, often with bare metal, glass and plain shapes that show how the thing is built.
這個用法講的是「長得像什麼」，不是「做得到什麼」。一張 high-tech 的椅子可能什麼功能都沒有，它只是看起來像從工廠出來的。這種風格喜歡把金屬、螺絲、管線直接露出來，不包起來。常見的材料是鐵件、不鏽鋼和玻璃，形狀乾淨，線條直。很多人覺得這種空間很酷，也覺得有點冷，因為裡面幾乎沒有柔軟的東西。
This is about how something looks, not what it can do. A high-tech chair may do nothing clever at all; it simply looks like it came out of a workshop. The style keeps the metal, the bolts and the pipes in sight instead of covering them up. People often call the effect cool, and also cold, because there is very little soft material in it.
常見搭配
a high-tech look
科技感的外觀
an appearance in this modern, machine-like style
They wanted a high-tech look for the new office.
high-tech furniture
科技感家具
chairs, tables etc made in this style
The shop only sells high-tech furniture in black and steel.
a high-tech design
科技感設計
a plan or shape made in this modern style
The bridge won a prize for its high-tech design.
意思相近
modernindustrialminimalistsleek
用法接近
contemporarystreamlinedfuturistic