A touchpad is the small flat rectangle below the keys on a laptop. You slide a finger across it to move the pointer, and tap it to click. Almost every laptop has one, so it is a word you use constantly once you know it.

A touchpad is the small flat rectangle below the keys on a laptopTouchpad是筆電鍵盤下方那塊扁平的小長方形。 You slide a finger across it to move the pointer你用手指在上面滑動來移動游標， and tap it to click輕點它來點擊。 Almost every laptop has one幾乎每台筆電都有一個， so it is a word you use constantly once you know it所以這是一個你一旦認識了就會一直用到的詞。

Two things to notice. First, plenty of people call it a trackpad instead — Apple uses trackpad, and among Mac users that is simply the normal word; touchpad is the more general, more technical term, and the one Windows and manufacturers use. They mean the same object.

Two things to notice有兩件事要注意。 First, plenty of people call it a trackpad instead第一，很多人反而會叫它trackpad—— Apple uses trackpad, and among Mac users that is simply the normal word蘋果用trackpad，在Mac使用者之間那就是很正常的講法； touchpad is the more general, more technical termtouchpad是比較通用、比較技術性的說法， and the one Windows and manufacturers use是Windows跟製造商在用的詞。 They mean the same object它們指的是同一個東西。

Second, 'touchpad' is also used for other flat touch-sensitive panels: the pad on a games controller, or the panel by a door where you enter a code. Context tells you which.

Second, 'touchpad' is also used for other flat touch-sensitive panels第二，『touchpad』也可以用來指其他扁平的觸控感應面板： the pad on a games controller, or the panel by a door where you enter a code遊戲手把上的觸控板，或門邊那種輸入密碼的面板。 Context tells you which上下文會告訴你指的是哪一種。

As a word it is transparent and modern — put together from two ordinary words, easy to guess. The plural is touchpads, and it is usually written as one word now, though you will still see 'touch pad' in older manuals.

As a word it is transparent and modern以一個詞來說它很透明、很現代—— put together from two ordinary words, easy to guess由兩個普通的字組合起來，很容易猜到意思。 The plural is touchpads複數是touchpads， and it is usually written as one word now現在通常寫成一個字， though you will still see 'touch pad' in older manuals不過在比較舊的手冊裡你還是會看到『touch pad』分開寫。