massager

massager — noun

1. a trained worker whose job is to rub and press the muscles of a customer's body,

1.名詞B1
釋義

a trained worker whose job is to rub and press the muscles of a customer's body, usually to ease tension or pain.

例句

The hotel spa has three massagers on duty every weekend.

countable noun in a workplace context

Ari trained for two years before working as a massager at a downtown clinic.

collocation: trained as a massager

同義詞
  • masseur

    male professional; slightly more formal and French-borrowed

  • masseuse

    female professional; same register as masseur

  • massage therapist

    the standard polite term in clinical or wellness settings

文法句型

a massager + at/in [place]

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person who does this work professionally; for the casual one-off act of rubbing a friend's shoulders, English speakers more often say 'someone gave me a massage' than 'someone was my massager'.

常見錯誤

❌My friend was my massager last night.
✅My friend gave me a massage last night.
💡'massager' usually means a trained professional, not a one-off helper.

2. an electric or battery-powered device pressed against tired muscles to deliver v

2.名詞B1
釋義

an electric or battery-powered device pressed against tired muscles to deliver vibration or kneading pressure.

例句

Noa keeps a small foot massager under the desk at work.

compound: foot massager

Heather bought her father a neck massager for his birthday.

compound: neck massager

同義詞

文法句型

a [body-part] massager

用法筆記

Almost always preceded by a body-part word that names where the device is used — 'foot massager', 'neck massager', 'back massager', 'scalp massager'. The bare word 'massager' on its own usually means the person (sense 1) unless the surrounding sentence makes the device reading clear.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a new massage at the mall.
✅I bought a new massager at the mall.
💡'massage' is the action; 'massager' is the device that performs it.