A simulator is a machine that lets you feel what real conditions are like, so you can train without the real danger. The classic picture is a flight simulator: a cockpit that moves, with screens for the sky, so a pilot can practise a storm on the ground.

A simulator模擬器is a machine是一種機器that lets you feel讓你感受到what real conditions are like真實情況是什麼樣子so這樣without the real danger在沒有真正危險的情況下you can train你就可以練習The classic picture is典型的畫面是a flight simulator飛行模擬器a cockpit that moves一個會移動的座艙with screens for the sky配有顯示天空的螢幕so這樣a pilot飛行員on the ground就能在地面上can practise練習a storm暴風雨

Driving simulators and surgery simulators work the same way. The -or ending names the thing that does the simulating.

Driving simulators駕駛模擬器and surgery simulators和手術模擬器work the same way運作方式一樣The -or ending-or這個字尾names指的是the thing that does the simulating做模擬這件事的東西

Though actually, people now also say simulator for a computer program, not only a big physical machine — a phone app that pretends to be a cockpit still gets the name. In everyday English it is technical but widely understood, especially around planes, cars, and games.

Though actually不過其實people now also say現在人們也會說simulator for a computer programsimulator也可以指電腦程式not only a big physical machine而不只是指一台很大的實體機器a phone app that pretends to be a cockpit一個假裝是座艙的手機appstill gets the name依然會被叫做這個名字In everyday English在日常英文裡it is technical這是個專業詞but widely understood但大家都聽得懂especially around planes, cars, and games尤其是在飛機、汽車和遊戲的話題裡

It is not, today, the person. An older use could mean someone who pretends; now you almost always mean the device or the software.

today如今It is not它已經不是the person指人的意思了An older use較舊的用法could mean可能是指someone who pretends會假裝的人now現在you almost always mean你幾乎都是指the device or the software那個裝置或軟體