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PlayStation is Sony’s home games console: a special box you connect to a TV (or play , on later models) to play video games.
PlayStation PlayStation is是 Sony's home games console索尼的家用遊戲主機 a special box一個特別的機器 you connect to a TV你接到電視上 or play handheld或是拿在手上玩 on later models在後期機型上 to play video games用來玩電動遊戲
People almost always say the brand name, or it to PS, then a number for the generation — PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5. It is a proper name, so it keeps the capital P and S.
People人們 almost always say幾乎都會說 the brand name這個品牌名 or shorten it或簡稱 to PS成PS then a number for the generation再加上世代的數字 PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5PS1、PS2、PS3、PS4、PS5 it is它是 a proper name一個專有名詞 so it keeps所以保留 the capital P and S開頭大寫的P和S
Talk about it is informal and everywhere: kids, teenagers, and plenty of adults. You buy a PlayStation, play on a PlayStation, get a game for PlayStation.
Talk about it談到它 is informal and everywhere既隨意又到處都聽得到 kids, teenagers, and plenty of adults小孩、青少年、還有很多大人都這樣講 you buy a PlayStation你會說買一台PlayStation play on a PlayStation在PlayStation上玩 get a game for PlayStation買一款PlayStation的遊戲
It is not a PC and not an Xbox (that is Microsoft’s rival). The word was coined by Sony; it is not an old English word that just happens to mean this.
It is not它不是 a PC電腦 and not也不是 an Xbox Xbox that is Microsoft's rival那是微軟的對手 the word這個詞 was coined by Sony是索尼創造出來的 it is not它不是 an old English word一個古老的英文字 that just happens to mean this剛好用來指這個意思
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
PlayStationnoun/ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/
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video-gamesA video game console of the PlayStation brand.
- His dad bought him a Playstation 5 yesterday.
- Back then, kids didn't have TV or video games, so I guess slaughtering your mom and dad was a bit like the Playstation^([sic]) of its day.
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video-gamesThe original PlayStation.
PlayStationverb/ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/
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rareTo play on the PlayStation video game console.
- Mark Bond, designer “25 years ago I was bouncing around on my Space-hopper, watching Thunderbirds and playing Kerplunk. 25 years later, I have just bought a Sacco bean-bag from Coexistence to sit on whilst Playstationing.^([sic])[…]”
- Connectix does not claim to emulate all Sony games and even the ones it does accommodate won’t necessarily run smoothly or accurately, but with a fair-sized library of perfectly compatible games, CVGS does “broaden consumer choice,” as it purports to intend, and allows for PlayStationing at work, during a long commute via one’s laptop, or at home when the TV isn’t available.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。