massager
massager — 名詞
1. a trained worker whose job is to rub and press the muscles of a customer's body,
按摩師
受過訓練、以按摩為職業的人
a trained worker whose job is to rub and press the muscles of a customer's body, usually to ease tension or pain.
The hotel spa has three massagers on duty every weekend.
這間飯店的水療中心每個週末都有三位按摩師值班。
countable noun in a workplace context
Ari trained for two years before working as a massager at a downtown clinic.
Ari 受訓兩年後，才到市中心一家診所擔任按摩師。
collocation: trained as a massager
Kemi books the same massager every month for her lower back pain.
Kemi 每個月都預約同一位按摩師，處理她的下背疼痛。
collocation: book a massager
After the marathon, Felix went straight to a sports massager for a leg treatment.
馬拉松結束後，Felix 直接去找一位運動按摩師做腿部放鬆。
compound: sports massager
- licensed massager
- sports massager
- book a massager
- 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
2. an electric or battery-powered device pressed against tired muscles to deliver v
按摩器
用震動或揉壓幫身體放鬆的電動裝置
an electric or battery-powered device pressed against tired muscles to deliver vibration or kneading pressure.
Noa keeps a small foot massager under the desk at work.
Noa 在公司辦公桌底下放了一台小型的腳底按摩器。
compound: foot massager
Heather bought her father a neck massager for his birthday.
Heather 買了一台頸部按摩器當作爸爸的生日禮物。
compound: neck massager
The handheld massager runs on two batteries and fits in a travel bag.
這台手持按摩器使用兩顆電池，可以放進旅行包裡。
collocation: handheld massager
Camila switched the back massager to its strongest setting after a long flight.
長途飛行之後，Camila 把背部按摩器調到最強的力道。
collocation: switch the massager to [setting]
- foot massager
- neck massager
- handheld massager
- massage device
more descriptive; common in product listings
- vibrating cushion
narrower; only for cushion-style massagers, not handheld ones
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
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- foot massager
- neck massager
- back massager
- scalp massager
- sports massager
常用片語
- book a massager
- see a massager
介系詞搭配
- at [place]
- for [body part / condition]