generator
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gen·e·ra·tor /ˈdʒenəreɪtə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 TPEa machine that produces electricity 发电机 an emergency generator 应急发电机2. a company that produces electricity 电力公司3 something that produces something else 产生者generator of good generators of income 很好的收入来源Examples from the Corpus
generator• They put in new heating and air conditioning, carpeting and a generator.• In this phase, the most active generators of ideas were sociologists and psychologists.• Evidence of electrical power on main and stand-by systems has to be determined and generator or alternator functioning assessments must be made.• The Coliseum has several backup generators, and additional generators were also brought in, Trask said.• Andre Berry switches on a standard domestic vacuum cleaner powered by a petrol generator to collect material to repair an historic mound.• When the generator shuts off, they have no electricity.From Longman Business Dictionarygeneratorgen‧e‧ra‧tor /ˈdʒenəreɪtə-ər/ noun [countable]1COMMERCEa product which makes a profit or has other advantagesThe company’s biggestprofit generator is its snack-food operation.The auto industry is a huge generator of employment and foreign exchange for Mexico.2COMPUTING a computer program that is used to produce a particular set of figures, results etcYou can use a report generator to obtain all data from the database.3MANUFACTURINGa machine that produces powerelectricity generatorswind generatorsthe stadium’s back-up generator (=one that can be used if the main generator stops working)gen·e·ra·tor nounChineseSyllable
that machine Business Corpus produces electricity a
generator
gen‧e‧ra‧tor /ˈdʒenəreɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. a machine that produces electricity:
an emergency generator
2. a company that produces electricity
3. something that produces something else
generator of
good generators of income
gen‧e‧ra‧tor /ˈdʒenəreɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. a machine that produces electricity: 2. a company that produces electricity
3. something that produces something else
generator of