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a/an [adjective] printer
表示特定类型的打印机。
We bought a new printer yesterday.
我们昨天买了一台新打印机。
印刷工
printers — plural of printer
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
印刷工
someone whose occupation is printing
We bought a new printer yesterday.
我们昨天买了一台新打印机。
制作印刷品的人
One who makes prints.
印刷工
someone whose occupation is printing
印刷机操作员或印刷业务的所有者；(转喻)任何印刷业务
The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
打印机
(computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
My uncle works as a printer at a small newspaper.
我叔叔在一家小报社当印刷工。
The printers at the shop use modern machines to make books.
这家店的印刷工用现代机器制作书籍。
She trained for two years to become a printer.
她训练了两年，成了一名印刷工。
表示特定类型的打印机。
We bought a new printer yesterday.
我们昨天买了一台新打印机。
Can you show me how to use the printer?
你能教我如何使用打印机吗？
This printer is very fast.
这台打印机很快。
Not this
Please printer the document.
Use this
Please print the document.
误将名词“printer”用作动词。英语中“print”是动词，而“printer”是名词，指打印机或印刷工。
Not this
I have two printer in my office.
Use this
I have two printers in my office.
可数名词“printer”在复数时需加“-s”。中文名词没有复数变化，学习者易忽略英文复数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
激光打印机
I need to buy a new laser printer for my office.
我需要为办公室买一台新的激光打印机。
打印机墨盒
The printer cartridge needs to be replaced.
打印机墨盒需要更换。
打印机驱动程序
Install the printer driver before using the device.
在使用设备之前安装打印机驱动程序。
网络打印机
All employees can access the network printer.
所有员工都可以访问网络打印机。
打印纸
We are running low on printer paper.
我们的打印纸快用完了。
打印机错误
A printer error caused the job to fail.
打印机错误导致作业失败。
印刷学徒；印刷所杂工
He started as a printer's devil and worked his way up to editor.
他开始做印刷学徒，后来一路升到了编辑。
印刷商标记；出版商印记
The book's title page features the printer's mark of a renowned publishing house.
这本书的扉页上印有一家知名出版社的印刷商标记。
印刷校样；初校样
The author reviewed the printer's proof for any last-minute errors.
作者审阅了印刷校样，检查是否有最后的错误。
Use printers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
‘print’意为打印，-er表人或机器，故printer即打印机或印刷工。
语域：neutral 常见场景：科技、办公室 通常指打印机，多用于科技或办公场景；印刷工的含义在现代英语中较少见。
These words ending in -inter with initial stress and /ɪ/ vowel rhyme with printer. Note that words like 'painter' and 'pointer' look similar but have different vowel sounds (/eɪntɚ/ and /ɔɪntɚ/).
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.