boiler
/ˈbɔɪlə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbɔɪlər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbȯi-lər/ (ame, mw)
boiler — 名詞
- boilersingular
- boilersplural
1. a machine in a house or other building that warms water so the taps and heating
熱水鍋爐
供屋內熱水與暖氣的加熱設備
a machine in a house or other building that warms water so the taps and heating system can use it
The boiler shut down overnight, so the hotel guests had cold showers.
鍋爐半夜停掉了，所以旅館住客都洗了冷水澡。
boiler failure affects hot water
A technician cleaned the old boiler before the weather turned colder.
天氣轉冷前，技師先把那台老熱水鍋爐清理乾淨。
service the boiler before winter
The flat stayed chilly until Mira reset the boiler after breakfast.
早餐後 Mira 重設鍋爐，那間公寓才暖和起來。
Our landlord replaced the noisy boiler when brown water came from the taps.
水龍頭流出褐色的水後，房東換掉了那台吵雜的鍋爐。
- water heater
often narrower, especially when it only supplies hot tap water rather than a full heating system
- heating unit
broader everyday term for a machine that provides heat to a building
文法句型
reset the boiler
replace the boiler
the boiler breaks down
用法筆記
In everyday home use, boiler usually means the machine that supplies hot water or central heating for a building. Distinguish from sense 2, which names the steam-making part inside an older engine.
常見錯誤
2. the sealed chamber in a steam engine that turns water into the steam the machine
蒸汽鍋爐
蒸汽機內把水變成蒸汽的部分
the sealed chamber in a steam engine that turns water into the steam the machine runs on
Engineers checked the boiler before the steam train left the station.
蒸汽火車離站前，工程師先檢查了蒸汽鍋爐。
boiler of a steam train
A cracked boiler stopped the old engine halfway up the hill.
蒸汽鍋爐裂開後，那台老火車頭爬到半山就停了。
Museum staff polished the boiler on the restored locomotive last spring.
去年春天，博物館人員把修復後機車頭上的蒸汽鍋爐擦亮。
Too little water in the boiler can damage a steam engine.
蒸汽鍋爐裡的水太少，可能會損壞蒸汽機。
- steam generator
more technical and broader; can also refer to industrial equipment outside railway engines
文法句型
inspect the boiler
water in the boiler
the boiler of a steam engine
用法筆記
This sense appears mostly in historical rail, shipping, or engineering contexts. Here boiler means the metal chamber that makes steam, not the whole engine and not the home-heating machine in sense 1.