atm
atm — 名詞
- atmsingular
- atmsplural
1. a machine at or near a bank where you use a card to take cash from your account
提款機
可用卡片領錢的自動機器
a machine at or near a bank where you use a card to take cash from your account and sometimes do other simple banking tasks
Beatriz used the ATM outside the station to withdraw bus fare.
Beatriz 在車站外的提款機領了搭公車的車資。
withdraw cash from an ATM
An ATM near the supermarket was out of cash by noon.
超市附近的一台 ATM 到中午就沒現金了。
After dinner, Christopher checked whether the hotel had an ATM.
晚餐後，Christopher 看看旅館裡有沒有 ATM。
The bank installed a new ATM beside the main entrance.
那家銀行在正門旁裝了一台新的 ATM。
Nadia forgot her card, so the ATM would not let her withdraw cash.
Nadia 忘了帶卡，所以 ATM 不讓她領現金。
- cash machine
common everyday term, especially in British English
- cashpoint
mainly British and often used for a public cash machine
文法句型
use an ATM to withdraw cash
find an ATM near + place
take money out from an ATM
用法筆記
Usually names the machine itself, not the whole bank branch. In everyday British English, people also often say cash machine.
常見錯誤
atm — 縮寫
1. a short written form used in science for atmosphere, atmospheric, or the standar
大氣；大氣壓
科學記號中指大氣或標準氣壓
a short written form used in science for atmosphere, atmospheric, or the standard air-pressure level based on one atmosphere
The chart shows 1 atm as normal air pressure at sea level.
圖表顯示，1 atm 是海平面的標準大氣壓。
scientific shorthand in pressure readings
In the lab notes, the pressure stayed near 1 atm during the test.
實驗室筆記顯示，測試期間的壓力維持在接近 1 atm。
Our teacher wrote 0.8 atm beside the pressure value on the board.
老師在黑板上的壓力數值旁寫了 0.8 atm。
The diver checked the cabin gauge when it dropped below 1 atm.
當數值降到 1 atm 以下時，那名潛水員查看了艙內的儀表。
文法句型
1 atm
below 1 atm
atm in pressure notes
用法筆記
Seen mainly in scientific writing, charts, and measurement notes. In ordinary writing and speech, people usually use the full word instead of this abbreviation.
2. a technical name for a high-speed network system that sends digital data in smal
ATM
非同步傳輸模式
a technical name for a high-speed network system that sends digital data in small fixed units, especially in older phone and internet equipment
The museum router still uses ATM on one part of the network.
博物館的路由器有一部分網路仍使用 ATM 傳輸模式。
ATM network in older equipment
Aarav studied how ATM carried phone and video data together.
Aarav 研究了 ATM 如何同時傳送電話與影像資料。
The old telecom manual explained ATM before it described broadband lines.
那本舊的電信手冊先說明了 ATM，才介紹寬頻線路。
Engineers replaced the ATM system when cheaper internet links arrived.
當較便宜的網路連線出現後，工程師便換掉了 ATM 系統。
文法句型
ATM network
ATM system
use ATM to carry data
用法筆記
This meaning belongs to telecommunications and computer-network writing, not everyday banking. Many modern readers meet it only in older manuals or technical history.