Victrola

[vɪk'trolə]
  • n. 手摇留声机
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Victrola (n.)
1905, trademark of a phonograph, from Victor Talking Machine Co. According to a contemporary letter from company head Eldridge R. Johnson, coined because it had "a sound suggestive of music," with ending from pianola.