A kind of electronic dance music: fast, with a strong steady beat, made with machines rather than guitars and drums, and often with few or no words. It grew up in Detroit in the mid-1980s and became club music across Europe, especially in Berlin. "They played techno all night." It is an uncountable noun, so no "a" and no plural — you listen to techno, not to a techno.

A kind of electronic dance music一種電子舞曲: fast, with a strong steady beat, made with machines rather than guitars and drums, and often with few or no words：節奏快，有強烈穩定的拍子，用機器做出來、不是吉他和鼓，而且常常歌詞很少甚至完全沒有歌詞。It grew up in Detroit in the mid-1980s它在1980年代中期發源於底特律and became club music across Europe, especially in Berlin，後來在歐洲各地——尤其是柏林——成為夜店音樂。"They played techno all night."「They played techno all night.」（他們整晚都在放techno。）It is an uncountable noun, so no "a" and no plural這是個不可數名詞，所以不會加"a"，也沒有複數形you listen to techno, not to a techno——你聽的是techno，而不是a techno。

People who are into dance music use "techno" narrowly, for that specific sound, and will gently correct you if you call house or trance techno — those are neighbours, not the same thing. Outside those circles, plenty of people use "techno" loosely for any thumping electronic music, and that use is very common in ordinary conversation.

People who are into dance music use "techno" narrowly, for that specific sound喜歡舞曲的人用"techno"這個字比較狹義，專指那種特定的聲音and will gently correct you if you call house or trance techno，如果你把house或trance也叫成techno，他們會委婉地糾正你those are neighbours, not the same thing——那些是「鄰居」，不是同一種東西。Outside those circles, plenty of people use "techno" loosely for any thumping electronic music在那個圈子之外，很多人比較寬鬆地用"techno"來指任何有強烈節拍的電子音樂and that use is very common in ordinary conversation，這種用法在日常對話裡很常見。

It also works before a noun: "a techno club", "a techno track", "techno music" (that last one is a bit redundant, but everyone says it).

It also works before a noun它也可以放在名詞前面："a techno club""a techno club"、"a techno track""a techno track"、"techno music" (that last one is a bit redundant, but everyone says it)、"techno music"（最後這個講起來有點重複，但大家都這樣講）。

Separately, techno- turns up as a word-beginning meaning "technology": techno-fear, techno-babble, technophobe. That is a different job for the same piece, and you can usually tell them apart instantly — one is music, the other is glued to another word.

Separately另外，techno- turns up as a word-beginning meaning "technology"techno-也會當成字首出現，意思是「科技」：techno-feartechno-fear（科技恐懼）techno-babble、techno-babble（科技術語廢話）technophobe、technophobe（科技恐懼者）。That is a different job for the same piece這是同樣一小塊拼法的另一份工作and you can usually tell them apart instantly，通常你可以馬上分辨出來one is music, the other is glued to another word——一個是音樂，另一個則是黏在另一個字前面。