water cooler

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈwɔː.tə ˌkuː.lər]
• 美式音标 [ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ ˌkuː.lɚ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 水冷却器

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• A trip back to the water cooler should illustrate my point nicely.
  再次回到饮水机边上，可以更好地阐明我的观点。
• Another blog, the Pump Handle, describes itself as “a water cooler for the public health crowd”, while the Wall Street Journal’s health blog has a business focus.
  另外一个叫做“水泵手柄”的博客称自己是“公共卫生人群的水冷却器”，而《华尔街日报》的卫生博客则以商业为中心。
• Only if you don’t mind everyone around the work water cooler knowing what you have been up to.
  只要你不介意你周围的闲杂人等都知道你都做了些什么事，你就可以那么做。

原声例句

• If the water is cooler or warmer, it could make you feel dizzy.
• Containers of water are placed at the top and bottom of the cooler.

权威例句

• Employees started logging on to their favorite forums and treating them like the office water cooler.
  FORBES: Magazine Article
• Use everything from the water cooler to online social networking, and put yourself out there.
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词组短语

短语

• water jacket cooler 水套冷却器
• Sea water circulated cooler 海水循环冷却器
• Water -cooler Chat 办公室里闲聊
• water -cooler stuff 要的好东西
• The Water Became Cooler 水变凉

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a machine for cooling and providing drinking water, usually in an office or other public place

柯林斯英英字典

• A water cooler is a machine that dispenses drinking water, especially in an office.
• Water cooler is used in expressions that refer to the informal conversations that people have in their office or workplace.

专业释义

机械工程

• 水冷却器
• 水冷器