Definition
黑盒子 is the colloquial Chinese term for the flight recorder used in aviation — it records cockpit conversations and flight data. The term is also used metaphorically to describe any system or process whose internal workings are opaque or not understood, similar to the English 'black box'.
n.
flight recorder (colloquial term for the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder)black box (any system or process whose internal workings are hidden or not understood)
Examples
- ，黑盒子。Fēijī shīshì hòu, diàochá rényuán zhǎodào le hēi hé zǐ.After the plane crash, investigators found the black box.
- 黑盒子，。Zhège suànfǎ jiù xiàng yí gè hēi hé zǐ, wǒmen bù zhīdào tā nèibù zěnme yùnzuò.This algorithm is like a black box; we don't know how it works internally.
- 黑盒子。hēi hé zǐ jìlù le fēixíngyuán de duìhuà hé fēixíng shùjù.The black box records the pilots' conversations and flight data.
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