console [ken'soul]
n.(机器、电子设备等的)控制台
Shoppers clamored to get the popular new video game console.
购物者争先恐后地去买这臺很受欢迎的新电视游乐器。
console
v.安慰,慰问 n.控制台,仪表板;落地柜
You can play a console game with this joystick controller.
你可以用游戏手柄来玩单机游戏。
助记:
这个字原指各种机器、设备等的控制檯,而近年来电玩产业快速成长,也让console这个字变得更加热门,可指「游戏机」。几家最抢手、竞争也非常激烈的游戏机大厂包括:任天堂的Wii、索尼的PS3和微软的Xbox。
联 game console 游戏机
system console 系统操作檯
handheld/portable game console 掌上型游戏机
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Sony has just unveiled its latest weapon in the closely fought console war with Nintendo and Microsoft. It's called the Move controller, and Sony claims it’s an improvement on the technology in Nintendo's Wii, which allows you to play games using the controller's own sensors to track your own movements.
在与任天堂及微软间竞争激烈的游戏机大战中,索尼刚推出最新武器一较高下,武器称作Move 控制器。索尼宣称这是任天堂Wii的技术再升级,让你可以借由控制器里的感应器追踪动作来玩游戏。
英英解析:
Perhaps you avoid babysitting your baby brother because you're worried that if he starts to cry, you won’t be able to console him or make him feel better. Or maybe you just hate changing diapers.
You usually try to console someone by providing encouragement and offering solace. Others try to console themselves with tubs of ice cream. From the Latin word consolari, meaning “to comfort,” the noun console can also describe a central control panel. In an automobile, the controls for both the radio and air-conditioning are in the same center console.(vocabulary.com)