trash compactor
trash compactor — 名詞
1. a machine, usually installed in a kitchen, that presses waste materials such as
垃圾壓縮機
將垃圾壓縮減積的家電
a machine, usually installed in a kitchen, that presses waste materials such as food containers, cans, and packaging into smaller bundles so they take up less space
Reuben pushed the pizza box into the trash compactor and pressed the start button.
Reuben 把披薩盒塞進垃圾壓縮機，然後按下啟動鍵。
trash compactor as direct object of 'push into'
The kitchen in Tuan's new flat has a trash compactor built into a low cabinet.
Tuan 新公寓的廚房矮櫃裡，裝了一台垃圾壓縮機。
collocation: built-in / built into
Yan's trash compactor stopped working, so she called a repair technician the next morning.
Yan 的垃圾壓縮機故障了，隔天早上她打電話請維修師傅來處理。
Gabriel installed a stainless steel trash compactor during the kitchen renovation last winter.
去年冬天廚房翻新時，Gabriel 裝了一台不鏽鋼垃圾壓縮機。
A good trash compactor can reduce the volume of household waste by about seventy-five percent.
一台好的垃圾壓縮機可以把家庭垃圾的體積減少大約百分之七十五。
- waste compactor
used more in British English and industrial contexts
- compactor
shorter form; context makes it clear
文法句型
a [adjective] trash compactor
trash compactor + verb (as subject)
用法筆記
This appliance is different from a garbage disposal (which grinds food waste in the sink drain). A trash compactor simply presses dry trash into a tighter block. The term is most common in American English; in British English the machine is usually called a 'waste compactor' or simply 'compactor'.