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核心畫面

One way to hold this word: -er names whatever does the job, so a recorder can be thought of as the thing or the person that records. A machine keeps the sound. A student keeps the notes. A city judge keeps the court's decisions. The wooden pipe with holes is a different story that happens to end up with the same spelling.

可以想成：record 是「記下來」，加上 -er 就是「做這件事的那個東西或那個人」。所以錄音機是替我們記住聲音的…更多收起可以想成：record 是「記下來」，加上 -er 就是「做這件事的那個東西或那個人」。所以錄音機是替我們記住聲音的機器，記錄員是替大家記住話的人，市法院的 recorder 則是替城市記住判決的那個職位。至於音樂課上的直笛，是另一條線走過來的，只是拼法一樣。

From the word’s history

The source traces record to Latin recordor, 'to call to mind', built from re- ('back, again') and cor ('heart, mind'), and analyses recorder as record + -er.

來源資料說 record 來自拉丁文 recordor「再想起來」，由 re-（回、再）加 cor（心、腦中）組成，而 recorder 就是 record 加 -er。可以想成：先是放在心裡記住，後來寫下來，最後交給機器。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract), recorder, Etymology 1: 'From Middle English recordour … from Latin recordor … By surface analysis, record + -er.'

Three branches

把聲音或畫面存下來的機器

最常見的一支：做記錄的不是人，是機器。前面那個字說明它靠什麼存、存什麼——tape、video、voice。

noun · B1

Used in the names of machines such as a tape recorder, a cassette recorder, a video recorder or a voice recorder: a machine that stores sound or pictures so that you can play them again later.

錄音機／錄影機

負責做記錄的人

同一個動作換成人來做。這一支從「幫大家寫下來」一路走到法庭上的正式職位。

noun · B2

A person who writes down and keeps information about what happens, such as the notes of a meeting, the numbers from a test, or the points in a game.

記錄員；負責作記錄的人

直笛

這一支不必硬接回「記錄」。來源資料把它列在另一個來源底下，說它跟前面那條線最後才是遠親。

noun · B1

A simple musical instrument shaped like a tube with holes along it, made of wood or plastic. You blow into the top end and cover or open the holes with your fingers to change the notes.

直笛

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。

recordernoun詞源 1/ɹiˈkɔː.də/

  • 1

    An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

    • Between 8 and 9 p.m., the recorder at a meteorological station at Harrow, Middlesex, picked up 1,470 lightning flashes within a radius of 10 to 15 miles, and observers at the station described the storm as "probably one of the most spectacular of the century."
    • A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.
  • 2

    A judge in a municipal court.

recordernoun詞源 2/ɹiˈkɔː.də/

  • 1

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

    • Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.
    • Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。