analogs

analogs — adjective

  • analogspositive
  • more analogscomparative
  • most analogssuperlative

1. describes a device or system that represents information with a continuously cha

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describes a device or system that represents information with a continuously changing physical quantity — a clock's sweeping hands, a vinyl record's groove, voltage in a wire — rather than with digital numbers that change in fixed steps

例句

Joshua's grandfather still prefers the warm sound of analog records over digital streaming.

collocation: analog records — physical media with continuous grooves

Kwame's basement radio picked up only analog signals, which crackled and dipped as thunder rolled across the valley.

反義詞
  • digital

    stores information as discrete numbers rather than continuous physical quantities

用法筆記

Distinguish from adjective sense 2 (NON-DIGITAL): this sense describes the technical way information is encoded as a continuous physical quantity. Sense 2 simply means 'not involving computers,' regardless of how the information is stored.

常見錯誤

❌The museum exhibit had analog furniture from the 1800s.
✅The museum exhibit had antique furniture from the 1800s.
💡'Analog' describes technology that uses continuous signals, not general old-fashioned objects.

2. using equipment or methods that work without computers or digital technology of

2.形容詞B1
釋義

using equipment or methods that work without computers or digital technology of any kind — a paper appointment book instead of a phone calendar, a film camera rather than a digital one

例句

Petra uses an analog film camera and develops her own black-and-white prints in a darkroom.

analog film camera — a camera that captures images on light-sensitive film rather than a digital sensor

The detective used analog methods — a paper map and a notebook — over GPS.

同義詞
  • traditional

    broader; can describe customs, food, or clothing, not just technology

  • old-school

    informal; suggests a deliberate preference for older ways

  • manual

    specifically refers to doing something by hand rather than with a machine

反義詞

常見錯誤

❌My grandmother is very analog.
✅My grandmother prefers analog tools like paper calendars and handwritten letters.
💡'Analog' describes things and methods, not people directly.

analogs — noun