Phrase

fax machine

/fæks məˈʃiːn/

noun

传真机

A device that sends and receives copies of documents over a telephone line and prints them.

1.
A device which scans, transmits, receives and prints documents (faxes) transmitted by telephone.
扫描、传输、接收并打印通过电话传送的文档的设备。

扫描、传输、接收并打印通过电话传送的文档的设备。

In use

I need to send this document, but the fax machine is out of order.

我需要发送这份文件，但传真机坏了。

Before email became common, we used a fax machine to send contracts.

在电子邮件普及之前，我们用传真机发送合同。

Could you show me how to operate the fax machine?

你能教我怎么操作这台传真机吗？

use 后接名词短语，表示使用某设备。

I need to use a fax machine to send this document.

我需要用传真机发送这份文件。

the fax machine 作主语，后接系表结构描述状态。

The fax machine is very old.

这台传真机很旧了。

by 后接设备名词表示方式，常省略冠词。

You can send a fax by fax machine from the office.

你可以在办公室用传真机发传真。

I have fax machine in my office.I have a fax machine in my office.

在英语中，可数名词单数前需要加冠词，这里 fax machine 是可数名词，所以要用 a 或 the。

We have two fax machine on the desk.We have two fax machines on the desk.

fax machine 的复数形式是 fax machines，在表示多个时要加 -s。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.