Word · Frequency #13679
tampers
捣棒；夯具
tampers is the plural of tamper.
a tool used for pressing down or packing material (such as tobacco in a pipe or a charge in a drill hole)
- 1.
A person or thing that tamps.
捣固的人或工具。
- 2.
a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
用于捣实的工具(例如,用于将烟草捣入烟斗或将炸药捣入钻孔等)
捣实者；捣实器；捣固的人或工具。；用于捣实的工具(例如,用于将烟草捣入烟斗或将炸药捣入钻孔等)；捣棒；打夯机
In use
He used a brass tamper to press the tobacco down in his pipe.
These tampers from the garden shed are just right for packing the soil around the fence posts.
Could you hand me the tamper? I need to press down the coffee grounds in the filter.
a tamper
Tamper 在这里指用于压实烟草的工具。
He bought a new tamper for his pipe.
他买了一个新的烟斗捣具。
use a tamper to do sth
Use a tamper to pack the tobacco evenly.
用捣具将烟草均匀压实。
tamper for [purpose]
Connections
Collocations
- coffee tamper
- 咖啡粉压实器；压粉器
- A coffee tamper is essential for making a good espresso.压粉器是做出好浓缩咖啡的必备工具。
- tobacco tamper
- 烟斗烟草填压器
- He used the tobacco tamper to press the tobacco down in his pipe.他用烟斗压棒把烟斗里的烟草压紧。
- hand tamper
- 手动夯具；手夯
- They leveled the gravel with a hand tamper before laying the pavers.铺路砖前，他们用手夯把碎石整平。
- railroad tamper
- 铁路捣固机；轨道夯实机
- The crew operated a railroad tamper to stabilize the track bed.工人们操作铁路捣固机来稳固道床。
Synonyms
- tamp
- 捣棒；夯棒 · 与 tamper 几乎同义，但 tamp 作名词较少见，多用于专业或工具名称中；口语中更常用 tamper。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住tamper是“tamp（轻拍捣实）+ -er（工具）”：把烟草轻轻捣进烟斗的器具，就是tamper。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：coffee preparation、pipe tobacco filling、drilling and blasting 作名词时，tamper 指用于压实或捣固的工具，通常出现在咖啡压粉、烟斗填装或爆破装药等具体操作场景中。日常口语中不太常见，多用于专业说明或操作语境。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
camper, hamper, scamper, and stamper rhyme with tamper (American /-æmpɚ/). temper and taper are useful spelling lookalikes but do not rhyme: temper is /ˈtɛmpɚ/ and taper is /ˈteɪpɚ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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