A joystick is an upright handle that you hold and move to steer something. Push it, pull it, or lean it, and the machine follows.

A joystickjoystick是 an upright handle that you hold and move to steer something一根你握著移動、用來操縱東西的直立握把。Push it推它, pull it拉它, or or lean it傾斜它, and machine就會 the machine follows跟著動。

Pilots used it first on airplanes. Game players later used the same kind of stick to move a character, a car, or a plane on a screen. Some big machines and wheelchairs use one too.

Pilots飛行員 used it first最早使用它 on airplanes在飛機上。Game players玩遊戲的人 later後來 used the same kind of stick用同樣的桿子 to move a character, a car, or a plane on a screen來移動螢幕上的角色、車子、或飛機。Some big machines and wheelchairs一些大型機械和輪椅 use one too也會用到它。

A flat gamepad with buttons and small thumb sticks is not quite the same thing, though people sometimes call any game controller a joystick. In games, the word now often means that stick-shaped controller, not the airplane part.

A flat gamepad with buttons and small thumb sticks一個帶按鈕和小搖桿的扁平遊戲手把 is not quite the same thing不完全是同一回事, though不過 people sometimes call any game controller a joystick人們有時候會把任何遊戲控制器都叫做joystick。In games在電玩裡, the word這個字 now現在 often means常常指 that stick-shaped controller那種桿狀的控制器, not不是 the airplane part飛機上的那個部件。

The name is joy plus stick, from about 1910, when it was written joy-stick and meant the control stick on a plane.

The name這個字 is是 joyjoy plus加上 stickstick, from about 1910大約從1910年開始, when那時 it它 was written寫成 joy-stickjoy-stick and而 meant意思是 the control stick on a plane飛機上的操縱桿。

Why joy? Nobody is sure — it may have been a playful name. Do not build a story on that part.

Why為什麼 joy為什麼是joy?Nobody is sure沒人確定——it它 may have been可能只是 a playful name一個帶點玩笑的名字。Do not不要 build a story on that part在這部分上編故事。