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a planter for [plants]
此处planter指花盆，而不是种植者。
She bought a planter for the balcony herbs.
她为阳台上的香草买了一个花盆。
装饰花盆；花盆
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装饰花盆；花盆
a decorative container for growing house plants
She bought a planter for the balcony herbs.
她为阳台上的香草买了一个花盆。
种植者；栽种者
One who plants something.
用于种植植物的箱或盆,通常较大并置于地板上
A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
播种或移栽的机器
A machine for planting seeds or transplants.
I bought a ceramic planter for my balcony herbs.
我买了一个陶瓷花盆，放在阳台上种香草。
This planter has a drainage hole at the bottom.
这个花盆底部有一个排水孔。
She placed a small planter on her desk with a succulent in it.
她在书桌上放了一个小花盆，里面种着一株多肉植物。
此处planter指花盆，而不是种植者。
She bought a planter for the balcony herbs.
她为阳台上的香草买了一个花盆。
此处planter指种植园主或庄园主。
He is a cotton planter in Georgia.
他是佐治亚州的棉花种植园主。
此处planter指种植工人，常与作物名称连用。
The farm needs planters of rice.
农场需要水稻种植工。
Not this
He works on a large planter in Brazil.
Use this
He works on a large plantation in Brazil.
planter 指种植园主或种植者，是人；表达“种植园”这一地点应用 plantation。此错误源于把 -er 结尾误当作地点名词。
Not this
I put the flower in a beautiful plant.
Use this
I put the flower in a beautiful planter.
plant 指植物本身，而 planter 指种植物用的花盆/装饰盆。两者词义不同，不能互换；表示容器要用 planter。
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咖啡种植园主
The coffee planter showed us around his estate.
那位咖啡种植园主带我们参观了他的庄园。
茶种植园主
Her father was a tea planter in the highlands.
她父亲是高原上的茶种植园主。
花园花盆；花园种植槽
We filled the garden planter with tulip bulbs.
我们在花园花盆里种了郁金香球茎。
吊挂花盆
A hanging planter with ferns decorated the porch.
一只挂着蕨类植物的吊挂花盆装点了门廊。
木制花盆；木制种植箱
The wooden planter on the balcony is full of herbs.
阳台上的木制花盆里种满了香草。
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planter 由 plant（种植）加 -er 构成，想到‘种植的人’或‘种花的花盆’即可。
语域：mixed 常见场景：农业/种植园、家居/园艺 planter 的含义取决于语境：作“花盆”讲时多用于日常家居和园艺场景，正式和非正式场合都常见；作“种植园主”或“种植者”讲时多见于农业、历史或书面叙述，语气偏正式。整体没有固定的正式程度，故语域标记为混合。
banter, canter, and ranter rhyme with planter /ˈplæntə/ in non-rhotic pronunciation, sharing the final sound /æntə/. Beware lookalikes such as planet /ˈplænɪt/, plant /plɑːnt/, and plantation /plænˈteɪʃən/, which are not pronounced with the same vowel or stress.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.