phonograph

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/

Noun

Britain historical Canada US dated

A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe. / (Britain, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records. / (Canada, US, historical) A record player.

Japanese Meaning

蓄音機：音波を凹凸に刻み記録する装置。歴史的な用法では、円筒状のレコードを用いて音を記録・再生する装置を指す。 / レコードプレーヤー：音声を再生するための装置。

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She spent the afternoon listening to scratchy jazz on the restored phonograph.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は修復された蓄音機でノイズの混じったジャズを聴いて午後を過ごした。

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Sense（1）

A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.

Sense（2）

(Britain, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.

Sense（3）

(Canada, US, historical) A record player.

[…]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'

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Sense（4）

(dated) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.

phonographs

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