When musicians perform unplugged, they play without electric instruments and heavy amplification — acoustic guitars instead of electric ones, a quieter drum kit or none, the singer close to the microphone.

When musicians perform unplugged當音樂人「unplugged不插電」演出時, they play without electric instruments and heavy amplification他們演奏時不用電樂器和強力擴音 — acoustic guitars instead of electric ones用木吉他取代電吉他, a quieter drum kit or none鼓組變小聲或乾脆不用, the singer close to the microphone歌手靠近麥克風唱歌。

The word comes straight from the picture of pulling the plug out of the socket, and it became a music word because of MTV's television series 'MTV Unplugged' in the early 1990s, where famous rock bands sat down and played stripped-back acoustic versions of their own songs. That is why the word carries a whole feeling and not just a fact: unplugged suggests small, intimate, honest, close to the bone — the song with nothing to hide behind.

The word comes straight from the picture這個詞的畫面直接來自 of pulling the plug out of the socket把插頭從插座拔出來, and it became a music word而它會變成一個音樂用語, because of是因為 MTV's television series 'MTV Unplugged'1990年代初MTV的電視節目「MTV Unplugged」 in the early 1990s, where famous rock bands裡面知名搖滾樂團 sat down and played stripped-back acoustic versions of their own songs會坐下來,演奏自己歌曲的簡化木吉他版本。 That is why這就是為什麼 the word carries a whole feeling and not just a fact這個詞帶著一整套感覺,而不只是一個事實: unplugged suggests「unplugged不插電」暗示著 small, intimate, honest, close to the bone小型、親密、真誠、貼近本質 — the song with nothing to hide behind一首沒有東西可以躲在後面的歌。

It works as an adjective ('an unplugged set', 'an unplugged album') and as an adverb after the verb ('they played the whole show unplugged').

It works as an adjective它可以當形容詞用 ('an unplugged set', 'an unplugged album')(「an unplugged set一場不插電的演出」、「an unplugged album一張不插電專輯」) and as an adverb after the verb也可以放在動詞後面當副詞用 ('they played the whole show unplugged')(「they played the whole show unplugged他們整場演出都是不插電的」)。

People also stretch it outside music, half-jokingly, to mean stepping away from screens and devices for a while — 'a weekend unplugged'. And of course the plain original meaning is alive too: an unplugged fridge, an unplugged charger — one whose plug is not in the socket.

People also stretch it outside music大家也會把它用到音樂之外, half-jokingly帶點開玩笑地說, to mean stepping away from screens and devices for a while意思是暫時離開螢幕和電子產品 — 'a weekend unplugged'「a weekend unplugged一個不插電的週末」。 And of course當然 the plain original meaning is alive too最原本、最單純的意思也還在用: an unplugged fridge「an unplugged fridge一台沒插電的冰箱」, an unplugged charger「an unplugged charger一個沒插電的充電器」 — one whose plug is not in the socket指插頭沒插在插座裡的東西。