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a compressor for doing sth
该句型用 for + -ing 表示压缩机的用途。
You need a compressor for inflating the tires.
你需要一台压缩机给轮胎充气。
压缩机
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
压缩机
a mechanical device that compresses gases
You need a compressor for inflating the tires.
你需要一台压缩机给轮胎充气。
产生压力的装置,如气体压缩机
A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
压缩气体的机械装置
a mechanical device that compresses gasses
挤压(压缩)的装置
A device that squeezes (compresses).
减小音频信号动态范围的装置
A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
The mechanic checked the air compressor before filling the tires.
修理工在给轮胎充气之前检查了空气压缩机。
A refrigerator uses a compressor to keep the inside cold.
冰箱使用压缩机来保持内部低温。
These portable compressors are light enough to carry to different job sites.
这些便携式压缩机很轻，可以带到不同的工地。
该句型用 for + -ing 表示压缩机的用途。
You need a compressor for inflating the tires.
你需要一台压缩机给轮胎充气。
compressor 作定语直接修饰另一个名词，构成复合名词，如 compressor room、air compressor。
The compressor room is on the ground floor.
压缩机房在一楼。
use 后接 compressor 作宾语，再接不定式表示目的。
Workers use a compressor to clean the machine.
工人们用压缩机清洁机器。
Not this
There are two compressor in the engine room.
Use this
There are two compressors in the engine room.
英语可数名词在 two 等大于一的数词后要用复数形式，compressor 的复数是 compressors；汉语没有复数标记，所以容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
This machine can compressor air.
Use this
This machine can compress air.
compressor 是名词，表示“压缩机”；表示“压缩”这个动作要用动词 compress。汉语里同一个词常兼作名词和动词，因此学习者容易把名词形式放在动词位置上。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
空气压缩机
The air compressor supplies power to the paint sprayer.
空气压缩机为喷漆器提供动力。
往复式压缩机
A reciprocating compressor uses pistons to compress the gas.
往复式压缩机利用活塞压缩气体。
旋转式压缩机
The rotary compressor is quieter than many older models.
旋转式压缩机比许多旧型号更安静。
离心式压缩机
A centrifugal compressor is common in large industrial plants.
离心式压缩机在大型工业厂房中很常见。
螺杆式压缩机
The factory installed a screw compressor for continuous operation.
工厂安装了一台螺杆式压缩机用于连续运行。
压缩机站
The pipeline relies on a compressor station to maintain pressure.
这条管道依靠压缩机站保持压力。
Use compressor naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 compress（压缩）加上表示“机器”的 -or，就是“压缩机”：把气体压紧的机器。
语域：neutral 常见场景：家电产品、工厂车间、汽车修理厂 该词为中性用语，日常与技术场合均常用，通常指压缩气体的机械设备。具体所指（如冰箱压缩机、空气压缩机、汽车空调压缩机）需根据语境判断。
Genuine rhymes: professor, successor, dresser, and lesser all share the stressed /ɛs/ followed by /ɚ/. Be careful: processor looks similar (also ends in -ssor) but is stressed on the first syllable (/ˈprɑːsɛsɚ/), so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.