ipod

ipod — 名詞

1. a small portable device created by Apple that stores digital music, videos, and

1.名詞B1
釋義

iPod

Apple 公司的可攜式多媒體播放器

a small portable device created by Apple that stores digital music, videos, and other audio files so you can listen to them anywhere

例句

Zara put her iPod in her bag before boarding the train.

Zara 在上火車前把她的 iPod 放進包包裡。

The old iPod still held over a thousand songs from the early 2000s.

那台舊 iPod 裡仍然存著一千多首 2000 年代初期的歌曲。

collocation: hold / store + [number] + songs

同義詞
  • MP3 player

    a true generic term for any portable digital music player, not a specific brand

  • portable media player

    a broader category covering devices that play not just music but also video and photos

  • Walkman

    an older brand of portable cassette and CD players by Sony; sometimes used loosely by older speakers to mean any portable music device

用法筆記

Although iPod is a trademarked Apple product, the word is occasionally used informally as a generic term for any portable MP3 player — similar to how 'hoover' is used for vacuum cleaners in British English.

常見錯誤

❌I put my favourite songs on an iPod cassette.
✅I put my favourite songs on an iPod as digital files.
💡iPod does not use cassettes; it stores music as digital audio files.