A pixel is the smallest little square of colour that makes up a picture on a screen. One photo is thousands or millions of them packed together; zoom in far enough and you can see the squares.

A pixel像素 is the smallest little square of colour是螢幕畫面上最小的一格顏色方塊 that makes up a picture on a screen組成螢幕上的畫面 one photo一張照片 is thousands or millions of them packed together是成千上萬甚至上百萬個這種方塊堆疊而成 zoom in far enough放大到夠大 and you can see the squares就能看到這些方塊

More pixels usually means a sharper picture, which is why people talk about a camera's megapixels.

More pixels像素越多 usually means a sharper picture通常畫面就越清晰 which is why people talk about a camera's megapixels這也是為什麼大家會談相機的百萬像素數

Though actually, in everyday talk people also use pixel a bit loosely, as if it meant picture quality in general.

Though actually不過 in everyday talk日常說話裡 people大家 also use pixel a bit loosely也會比較鬆散地用 pixel as if it meant picture quality in general好像它泛指整體畫質一樣

The word is from pix, an old short form of pictures, plus el from element — a tiny element of a picture. People often explain it as a blend of picture and element, which is the same idea in different clothes.

The word這個字 is from pix源自 pix（an old short form of pictures是 pictures 的舊縮寫）plus加上 el from element來自 element（元素）的 el — a tiny element of a picture意思是「畫面的一個小元素」 people大家 often explain it as a blend of picture and element也常把它解釋成 picture 和 element 的混合字 which is the same idea in different clothes其實是同一個意思，只是說法不同

First attested in 1965. The x comes from writing pics as pix, a spelling already in use in the 1880s.

First attested最早出現的文獻紀錄 in 1965是在一九六五年 the x那個 x come自 comes from writing pics as pix把 pics 拼成 pix 的寫法 a spelling already in use in the 1880s這個拼法早在一八八〇年代就已經在用了