A scrambler is a machine on a radio or a telephone that mixes up a voice so a stranger who picks up the signal cannot understand it. The sounds are still there, but they are thrown out of shape on purpose. At the other end you need matching equipment to put the voice back into ordinary speech.

A scrambler擾頻器 is是 a machine on a radio or a telephone裝在無線電或電話上的一種機器 that mixes up a voice會把聲音打亂 so a stranger who picks up the signal讓攔截到訊號的陌生人 cannot understand it聽不懂。The sounds聲音 are still there還在, but they are thrown out of shape on purpose但被故意弄亂了形狀。At the other end在另一端, you need matching equipment你需要相對應的設備 to put the voice back into ordinary speech才能把聲音還原成正常的話語。

Armies, police, and people who wanted a private call used this for years. The older kind did not lock the message with a computer code so much as twist the sound, then untwist it. Today a lot of that work is done by secret codes on computers, and some people still call the box a scrambler even when the old mixing trick is gone.

Armies, police, and people who wanted a private call軍隊、警方、還有想要通話保密的人 used this for years多年來都在使用這種東西。The older kind較早期的那種 did not lock the message with a computer code不是靠電腦加密來鎖住訊息 so much as而比較像是 twist the sound把聲音扭曲, then untwist it再把它復原。Today如今, a lot of that work很多這種工作 is done by secret codes on computers是靠電腦上的密碼在做, and some people still call the box a scrambler但還是有人把這個裝置叫做擾頻器 even when the old mixing trick is gone就算舊式的混音手法已經不用了。

The word belongs to news about spies, radios, and safe phones more than to kitchen talk. Though actually the same spelling is also a motorbike for rough ground, and a tool for mixing eggs — those are different uses. This entry is the message-mixing machine.

The word這個詞 belongs to news about spies, radios, and safe phones比較常出現在講間諜、無線電、保密電話的新聞裡 more than to kitchen talk而不是廚房裡的閒聊。Though actually不過其實, the same spelling同樣的拼法 is also也可以指 a motorbike for rough ground一種越野摩托車, and a tool for mixing eggs或是攪蛋器 — those are different uses那些是不同的用法。This entry這個詞條講的 is the message-mixing machine是那種混亂訊息的機器。