a [noun] dispenser
在 dispenser 前加具体物品名称构成复合名词,表示装该物品并供取用的容器。
The soap dispenser is empty.
皂液器空了。
分配器
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
分配器
a container that holds something and lets you take out a controlled amount
The soap dispenser is empty.
皂液器空了。
分发物品的人或机器
Something or someone that dispenses things.
The soap dispenser in the bathroom is empty, so I need to refill it.
浴室里的皂液器空了,所以我要把它加满。
Please press the button on the water dispenser to fill your cup.
请按一下饮水机上的按钮来给你的杯子接水。
These new dispensers release one paper towel at a time.
这些新分配器一次只出一张纸巾。
在 dispenser 前加具体物品名称构成复合名词,表示装该物品并供取用的容器。
The soap dispenser is empty.
皂液器空了。
指人时为“配药员、药剂师”,of 后接所配发或分发的物品。
The dispenser of medicines checked the prescription.
配药员核对了处方。
for 后接用途对象,强调该分配器的用途。
They installed a dispenser for hand sanitizer near the entrance.
他们在入口附近安装了免洗洗手液分配器。
Not this
This machine can dispenser hot and cold water.
Use this
This machine can dispense hot and cold water.
dispenser 是名词(分配器、配药员),不能作动词;动词原形是 dispense。情态动词 can 后接动词原形,所以这里要用 dispense。
Not this
There are two water dispenser in the office.
Use this
There are two water dispensers in the office.
dispenser 是可数名词,复数形式为 dispensers。two 修饰可数名词复数,因此需要加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
饮水机
The water dispenser in the office provides both hot and cold water.
办公室里的饮水机提供冷热水。
皂液器
Please press the soap dispenser to get some hand soap.
请按压皂液器取一些洗手液。
自动取款机
I need to find a cash dispenser to withdraw some money.
我需要找一台自动取款机取点钱。
胶带座
She used a tape dispenser to wrap the gift.
她用胶带座包装礼物。
纸巾分配器
The paper towel dispenser in the restroom is empty.
洗手间的纸巾分配器空了。
执法者;正义的裁决者
The old mayor acted as the dispenser of justice in the village.
老镇长在村中充当正义的裁决者。
这里需要补给装置!
This is a famous voice command in the video game Team Fortress 2. Players use it to ask the Engineer to build a dispenser, a structure that provides health and ammunition.
这是电子游戏《军团要塞2》中一条著名的语音指令。玩家用它请求工程师建造补给装置,这种结构能提供生命值和弹药。
Use dispenser naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象洗手液分配器(dispenser)按压一次出一份:由分发(dispense)加 -er 构成,记住“分配器 / 配药员”。
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常用品、医疗/药店 通常指可定量取用内容的容器(如纸巾、饮料分配器),在医疗场景中也指配药者。日常口语多指机器或容器,正式场合较常见于指配药人员。
真正同韵:denser /ˈdensə/、condenser /kənˈdensə/ 与 dispenser 的重读元音及后续 /nsə/ 相同。拼写相近但发音不同:disperse /dɪˈspɜːs/ 的元音是 /ɜː/;dispensary /dɪˈspensəri/ 比 dispenser 多出结尾 /ri/,因此都不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.