aerosol
aerosol — 名詞
1. a small metal can holding pressurised liquid — for example, deodorant, paint, or
噴霧罐；噴罐
裝有加壓液體、按壓即噴出霧狀物的小金屬罐
a small metal can holding pressurised liquid — for example, deodorant, paint, or insect spray — that comes out as a fine mist when you press the button on top.
Theo shook the aerosol of red paint before spraying her bicycle frame.
Theo 在噴自己的腳踏車車架前，先搖了搖那罐紅色噴漆。
aerosol of + substance noun
The flight attendant reminded passengers that aerosols are not allowed in checked luggage.
空服員提醒乘客，噴霧罐不能放在託運行李裡。
plural form for travel / safety contexts
Tomás picked up an aerosol can of bug spray to chase the wasp out of the kitchen.
Tomás 拿起一罐殺蟲噴霧，要把黃蜂趕出廚房。
Please throw empty aerosols into the metal recycling bin, not the regular trash.
請把用完的噴霧罐丟進金屬回收桶，不要丟一般垃圾。
Her grandmother still uses an aerosol of old-fashioned hairspray every morning.
她奶奶每天早上還是會用一罐老牌的定型噴霧。
文法句型
aerosol of + noun
aerosol can / aerosol spray
用法筆記
Often used with 'can' or 'spray' (aerosol can, aerosol spray) when the container is the focus. Treat as countable: 'an aerosol', 'two aerosols'.
常見錯誤
2. very small drops of liquid or pieces of solid material that float in the air or
氣溶膠；微粒
懸浮在空氣或氣體中的細小液滴或固體微粒
very small drops of liquid or pieces of solid material that float in the air or in another gas; for example, the cloud of droplets a person breathes out, or smoke from a fire.
When Ines sneezed, an aerosol of tiny droplets shot across the desk toward her laptop.
Ines 一打噴嚏，一團細小的飛沫就朝她的筆電方向噴了過去。
aerosol of + droplets/particles
Doctors warned that the virus can travel through aerosols produced by talking and coughing.
醫師警告，這種病毒會藉由說話和咳嗽產生的飛沫氣溶膠傳播。
scientific / medical context
Smoke from the wildfire formed an aerosol that hung over the city for three days.
野火產生的煙霧形成氣溶膠，在城市上空滯留了三天。
Scientists in Hawaii study volcanic aerosols to learn how they cool the planet.
夏威夷的科學家研究火山氣溶膠，想了解它們如何讓地球降溫。
Sea salt aerosols rise from breaking waves and drift far inland on windy days.
刮大風的日子，海鹽氣溶膠會從碎浪中升起，飄向內陸很遠的地方。
- mist
everyday word for a cloud of tiny water drops in the air
- suspension
technical term covering particles held in a liquid or gas
- spray
general word; aerosol stresses how small the particles are
文法句型
aerosol of + substance
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about the airborne mist itself, not the container that holds it. Common in science, medicine, and environmental writing.