TiVo is the brand name of a machine and service, sold from 1999 in the United States, that records television programmes onto a hard disk instead of onto tape. It let people pause live television, skip the advertisements, and tell the box to record every episode of a show automatically — all normal now, all new then.

TiVo TiVo是 the brand name of a machine and service一種機器與服務的品牌名稱 sold from 1999從1999年開始販售 in the United States在美國 that records television programmes它會把電視節目錄下來 onto a hard disk存到硬碟裡 instead of onto tape而不是錄到錄影帶上 It let people它讓人們可以 pause live television暫停正在播出的電視節目 skip the advertisements跳過廣告 and tell the box to record every episode of a show automatically並且叫這台機器自動錄下一部影集的每一集 all normal now這些現在都很正常 all new then但在當時全都是新鮮事

Because it came first and was popular, Americans began using the name for the act itself: 'I'll TiVo it' means 'I'll record it', even on a different brand of machine. That is how a brand becomes a verb, the way people say Google for searching.

Because it came first and was popular因為它是第一個而且很受歡迎 Americans began using the name美國人開始用這個名字 for the act itself來指這個動作本身 'I'll TiVo it' 「I'll TiVo it」 means 'I'll record it'意思是「我會把它錄下來」 even on a different brand of machine即使用的是別牌的機器也一樣 That is how這就是 a brand becomes a verb一個品牌變成動詞的過程 the way people say Google for searching就像人們用Google來指搜尋一樣

Two things to know: it is mainly American, and it now sounds dated — the streaming services took over, and younger speakers say record it or just watch it later. Note the spelling: capital T, small i, capital V, small o.

Two things to know有兩件事要知道 it is mainly American它主要是美式用語 and it now sounds dated而且現在聽起來有點過時 the streaming services took over串流服務接手了 and younger speakers say record it年輕人會說record it or just watch it later或就說watch it later Note the spelling注意拼法 capital T大寫T small i小寫i capital V大寫V small o小寫o