water cooler

IPA/ˈwɔːtə kuːlə(r)/
IPA/ˈwɔːtər kuːlər/

water cooler — noun

1. a device found in workplaces and public buildings that keeps drinking water cold

1.名詞B1
釋義

a device found in workplaces and public buildings that keeps drinking water cold and dispenses it, usually with a large bottle placed upside-down on top

例句

Rania filled her bottle at the water cooler before the meeting started.

fill [container] at the water cooler

The water cooler on the third floor was empty by lunchtime.

同義詞
  • water dispenser

    a broader term that can include machines with hot taps, filtration, or direct plumbing — not all dispensers use bottles

  • drinking fountain

    a wall-mounted or pedestal fixture connected to plumbing where you bend to drink from an upward stream; no bottle involved

常見錯誤

❌There's a watercooler on the second floor.
✅There's a water cooler on the second floor.
💡it is always written as two separate words, never as one compound.
❌I used the water fountain in the break room.' (when referring to a bottled machine)
✅I used the water cooler in the break room.
💡a water fountain is connected to plumbing and you bend down to drink; a water cooler has a replaceable bottle on top.