cashpoint

cashpoint — 名詞

1. a machine, usually found outside a bank or in a public street, that gives you pa

1.名詞B1
釋義

提款機

設置在公共場所的自動提款設備

a machine, usually found outside a bank or in a public street, that gives you paper money when you put a plastic card into it and enter a secret number

例句

Wen took out sixty pounds from the cashpoint near the train station.

文在火車站附近的提款機領了六十英鎊。

take out + amount + from a cashpoint

The cashpoint on High Street was broken, so Diego used the one inside the bank.

大街上的提款機壞了，所以迪亞哥改用銀行裡的那台。

broken cashpoint + alternative location pattern

同義詞
  • cash machine

    also British, slightly more general and less tied to the original trademark

  • ATM

    international term, standard in American English and understood worldwide

  • hole-in-the-wall

    British informal, used mainly in casual conversation

用法筆記

Primarily used in British English. In American English the same machine is called an ATM or automated teller machine.

常見錯誤

❌I need to find a cashpoint machine.
✅I need to find a cashpoint.
💡"cashpoint" already means the machine, so adding "machine" is redundant.