a machine for producing electricity 发电机 The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。 a wind generator (= a machine that uses the power of the wind to produce electricity) 风力发电机 The wind generator delivers 120 watts in a strong breeze. 这台风力发电机强风时可以发120 瓦电。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- diesel
- gas
- petrol
- …
- drive
- power
- produce something
- supply something
- run
- …
a machine for producing a particular substance 发生器 a person or thing that creates something 发生器 - (British English)
a company that produces electricity to sell to the public 电力公司 the UK’s major electricity generator 英国主要的电力公司
Word Originmid 17th cent.: Latin, from generat- ‘created’, from the verb generare, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’.