A phonograph is an old machine that plays recorded sound from a disc — what many people now just call a record player. Though actually, the oldest phonographs used a cylinder, not a flat disc; later home machines, and the word in everyday American English, meant the record player in the living room.

A phonograph is an old machinephonograph是一種老式機器 that plays recorded sound from a disc用來播放唱片裡錄好的聲音 what many people now just call a record player現在很多人就直接叫它record player（電唱機）the oldest phonographs最早的phonograph used a cylinder用的是圓筒 not a flat disc不是平的唱片 later home machines後來家用的機器 and the word in everyday American English還有美式英語日常說的這個詞 meant the record player in the living room指的就是客廳裡的電唱機

The word feels old-fashioned now. Younger people say record player, turntable, or vinyl player.

The word feels old-fashioned now這個詞現在聽起來有點過時Younger people年輕人 say record player, turntable, or vinyl player會說record player turntable或vinyl player

You will still meet phonograph in history, museums, and older books. There is also a rare verb, to phonograph something, meaning to record it on such a machine, but almost nobody uses that today.

in history, museums, and older books在歷史博物館和舊書裡 You will still meet phonograph你還是會遇到phonograph這個詞There is also a rare verb還有一個很少見的動詞 to phonograph something就是to phonograph something meaning to record it on such a machine意思是用這種機器把它錄下來 but almost nobody uses that today但現在幾乎沒有人這樣用了

It is not a telephone and not a photograph, even though those words share pieces with it. The machine’s job is sound, not pictures and not phone calls.

It is not a telephone它不是telephone（電話） and not a photograph也不是photograph（照片） even though those words share pieces with it雖然這些詞跟它有些拼法很像The machine's job is sound這台機器的功能是聲音 not pictures and not phone calls不是圖片也不是打電話