(especially in compounds )尤用于构成复合词 a machine for drying something 烘干机;脱水机;干燥机 a hairdryer 吹风机 Don’t put that sweater in the dryer. 不要把那件毛衣放进烘干机。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDryer is used after these nouns:- clothes
- hand
- spin
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘person who dries’): from the verb dry + -er.