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generator

noun
🔊/ˈdʒenəreɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈdʒenəreɪtər/
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  1. a machine for producing electricity发电机
    • The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut.工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。🔊🔊
    • a wind generator (= a machine that uses the power of the wind to produce electricity)风力发电机
    • The wind generator delivers 120 watts in a strong breeze.这台风力发电机强风时可以发120 瓦电。
    Topics Businessc1, Engineeringc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • diesel
    • gas
    • petrol
    • …
    verb + generator
    • drive
    • power
    generator + verb
    • produce something
    • supply something
    • run
    • …
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  2. a machine for producing a particular substance发生器
    • The museum uses smells and smoke generators to create atmosphere.博物馆利用气味和烟雾发生器制造气氛。🔊🔊
  3. a person or thing that creates something发生器
    • The company is a major generator of jobs.这家公司创造了相当多的就业机会。🔊🔊
  4. (British English) a company that produces electricity to sell to the public电力公司
    • the UK’s major electricity generator英国主要的电力公司
    5. Word Originmid 17th cent.: Latin, from generat- ‘created’, from the verb generare, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’.