- [countable]
a device that is placed inside a car engine, clock, radio, etc. and that produces the electricity that makes it work 電池 to replace the batteries 更換電池 a rechargeable battery 充電電池 battery-powered/-operated 用電池驅動的 a car battery 汽車蓄電池 The battery is flat (= it is no longer producing electricity). 電池沒電了。 With our product you get longer battery life. 使用我們的産品，電池的壽命會更長。 The bicycle even has a built-in battery charger for a mobile phone. 自行車甚至有内置的手機電池充電器。 Isolated farms used wind turbines to charge batteries. 孤立的農場使用風力渦輪機給電池充電。 a lithium/AA battery 锂電池
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb1, Engineeringb1After about six hours, the battery will run down. 約 6 個小時後電池的電量就會用完。 Don't leave the radio on—it'll drain the car battery. 不要一直開着收音機不關 － 這樣會把汽車蓄電池的電耗光的。 Is the battery connected correctly? 電池的連接正確嗎？ The car won't start—the battery's flat. 車啓動不起來 － 電池沒電了。 The machine can also run on batteries. 這台機器也可以用電池驅動。 The lights have rechargeable battery packs. 這些燈有可再充電電池組。 The battery compartment is at the back of the unit. 電池盒在組件的背面。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dead
- flat
- rechargeable
- …
- charge
- recharge
- drain
- …
- die
- give out
- go dead
- …
- power
- life
- failure
- …
- battery-operated
- battery-powered
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electrical power that comes from a battery 電池： 來自電池的電能My phone ran out of battery, so I plugged it in to charge. 我的手機沒電了，所以我插上電源充電。 The display tells you how much battery is left. 顯示屏告訴你還剩多少電池。
- [countable] battery (of something)
a large number of things or people of the same type 一系列；一批；一群 Extra ExamplesI had to answer a whole battery of questions. 我得回答一連串問題。 A sample of the school population was given a battery of tests examining reading ability. 學校人口的樣本接受了一系列測試，以檢查閱讀能力。 A whole battery of measures was tried in an attempt to get them to give up cigarettes. 爲了讓他們戒煙，嘗試采取了一整套措施。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- whole
- battery of
- a battery of tests
- [countable] (specialist)
a number of large guns that are used together 排炮 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- artillery
- gun
- howitzer
- …
- [countable] (British English)
(often used as an adjective 常用作形容詞 a large number of small cages that are joined together and are used for keeping chickens, etc. in on a farm 層架式雞籠；層架式飼養籠 a battery hen 層架式養雞籠養的母雞 battery eggs 層架式養雞場所産的蛋 intensive battery farming methods 集約電池耕作方法
- [uncountable] (
law 法律 the crime of attacking somebody physically 毆打罪 He was charged with battery after a fight at a night club. 他在夜總會打架後被指控毆打。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French baterie, from battre ‘to strike’, from Latin battuere. The original sense was ‘metal articles wrought by hammering’, later ‘a number of pieces of artillery used together’, which led to the meaning ‘a number of Leyden jars connected up so as to discharge simultaneously’ (mid 18th cent.), giving rise to sense (1). The more general meanings date from the late 19th cent.
Idioms
recharge your batteries
to get back your strength and energy by resting for a while 養精蓄銳；休整