| 单词 | water cooler |
| 释义 | water cooler noun[C] uk/ˈwɔː.tə ˌkuː.lər/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ ˌkuː.lɚ/amachineforcoolingandprovidingdrinkingwater, usually in anofficeor otherpublicplace 饮水冷却器 Stockbyte/GettyImages Machines - general words
water cooler| Business Englishwater cooler noun[C] WORKPLACE(alsowater-cooler);(watercooler)ukusamachinethatsuppliescoolwaterfordrinking, usually in anofficeor otherpublicplace: You canaddalmostaquarterof amiletoyourdailywalkingschedulesimplygoing fromdesktowatercooler. water cooler adjective[before noun] WORKPLACE(alsowater-cooler);(watercooler)ukusused todescribesomething that manypeopletalkabout atwork, forexamplewhen theystopworktodrinksomething: water-cooler conversation/discussion/talkThecompanyrakedin $260 million inprofit, andfueledcountlesswater-coolerconversations. Theshockinginterviewprovidedone of thosewatercoolermomentsthat everyone wastalkingabout the nextday. Examplesofwater coolerwater cooler Education may happen at thewatercooler. From theCambridge English Corpus We need to make fresh water freely available to all children; for example, there should be awatercoolerin classrooms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The simple act of moving awatercoolerturns into office warfare. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rushkoff mentions jokes, scandals, blogs, ambiance, i.e. anything that would engenderwatercoolertalk, as social currency. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thewatercoolereffect of the two-step flow was a means of assigning messages meaning, leading to the development of opinion dynamics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The storyline was referred to as awatercoolertopic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bigalow uses an emptywatercoolerbottle to trap the smoke in, and the alarm stops after only a few seconds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a hypothetical, he asks if an employee would be protected in a case where the opposition was expressed in an informalwatercoolerchat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The platform metrics soon generated 27,000 page views a month and serves as a globalwatercoolerfor a workforce spread around the planet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Let's say each hour the office workers congregate around thewatercooler. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To put that in perspective, the typical officewatercoolerholds 5 gallons, or about 1.4 percent of the studys estimated daily average household use. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their sweat drains into a sort ofwatercooler, where the doctor collects a glass of it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Reality shows, especially, require audience engagement to generatewatercoolermoments. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Known uses include small scale refrigeration equipment, small air conditioning units and drinking water coolers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 During the year there has been further improvement in living conditions in ships, especially in bathrooms, mess fittings, water coolers and refrigerators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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