cooler多益
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保冷箱；行動冰桶·飲水機·水果調酒飲品
多益常考複合詞，一字三義
She packed the cooler with ice and cold drinks before the beach trip.
出發去海邊前，她把保冷箱裝滿了冰塊和冷飲。
一個畫面：掀蓋見冰霧
掀蓋透氣打開保冷箱，冷氣竄出
飲水機取水按鈕一壓，涼水流出
調酒加冰酒加果汁，冰鎮沁涼
義項
野餐保冷A2noun保冷箱；行動冰桶
The picnic was more fun because the cooler was full of cold drinks.
有了裝滿冷飲的保冷箱，這場野餐更加有趣。
a cooler full of drinkspack a cooler
辦公飲水A2noun飲水機
Employees often chat near the water cooler during their afternoon break.
員工常在飲水機旁聊天，趁下午休息時間。
a water coolerchat by the water cooler
野餐調酒A2noun水果調酒飲品
At the picnic, Emily enjoyed a fruit cooler made with wine and juice.
野餐時，Emily喝了一杯用酒和果汁調成的水果調酒。
a wine cooler
片語
water cooler talk茶水間閒聊 →同事間的閒聊八卦
cooler box保冷提箱 →可攜式保冷箱
wine cooler冰鎮果酒 →加果汁的冰鎮酒飲
你會不會這樣說？
'She keeps her lunch cold in a cooler.' 這裡的 cooler 是名詞還是 cool 的比較級？
看答案
名詞
此處 cooler 指保冷箱，是名詞，不是比較級。
'They mixed wine and juice into a cooler for the party.' 這裡的 cooler 最接近？(A) 保冷箱 (B) 飲水機 (C) 水果調酒飲料
看答案
(C)
此句在說調製飲料的動作，對應水果調酒飲料的義項。
字族
cool 涼的；使變涼
順路看看
chilly — 形容天氣涼冷，比cool更口語freezer — 冷凍庫，溫度比cooler更低多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
員工野餐準備
For the staff picnic, we packed the drinks in a cooler.
為了員工野餐，我們把飲料裝進保冷箱。
辦公室設備維護
The technician replaced the water cooler beside the meeting room.
技術人員更換了會議室旁的飲水機。
詞族
cool verb 使冷卻；降溫・cooler noun 保冷箱；供應冷飲用水的飲水機・cooling noun 冷卻；降溫過程
四選一
Please put the bottled water in an insulated ____ before leaving for the staff picnic.
看答案
cooler
an insulated 後需要單數可數名詞，cooler 表示保冷箱。cooled 是動詞過去式或過去分詞，在此缺少名詞中心語；coolly 是副詞；cools 是動詞第三人稱單數形式，都不能填入此處。
同義改寫
For the staff picnic, we packed the drinks in a cooler. → For the staff picnic, we packed the drinks in a portable insulated container designed to keep them cold.
此處 cooler 是用來保冷的可攜式隔熱容器；改寫保留容器的功能與野餐情境。
The technician replaced the water cooler beside the meeting room. → The technician replaced the chilled-water dispenser beside the meeting room.
在辦公室設備情境中，water cooler 與 chilled-water dispenser 都指供應冷飲用水的飲水機。