spacer
spacer — 名詞
- spacersingular
- spacersplural
1. a small object placed between two parts to stop them from touching or to keep a
墊片；隔片
放在兩物之間，維持固定間距的小物件
a small object placed between two parts to stop them from touching or to keep a fixed distance between them
Diego placed small plastic spacers between the floor tiles before adding grout.
Diego 在鋪填縫劑之前，先在地磚之間放了小塑膠墊片。
pattern: spacer + between + [plural noun]
The mechanic inserted a thin metal spacer to keep the two gears apart.
那位技師塞進了一片薄金屬墊片，讓兩個齒輪保持分開。
Amara threaded a rubber spacer onto the bolt before tightening the nut.
Amara 在鎖緊螺帽之前，先把一個橡膠墊片套上螺栓。
A ceramic spacer sat between each brick, leaving room for the mortar.
每塊磚之間都放了一個陶瓷隔片，為砂漿留出空間。
Without the tiny plastic spacers, the glass panels would have cracked in the heat.
如果沒有那些小塑膠墊片，玻璃板在高溫下早就裂開了。
用法筆記
Common in construction, manufacturing, and dentistry where precise gaps between parts matter. The object itself is usually small and made of plastic, metal, or rubber.
2. a hollow plastic tube that connects to an asthma inhaler, holding the spray so t
吸藥輔助器
接在吸入器上的輔助管，讓藥物順利進入肺部
a hollow plastic tube that connects to an asthma inhaler, holding the spray so the user can breathe the medicine in more easily and deeply
Chiamaka attached a spacer to her inhaler so the medicine would reach deeper into her lungs.
Chiamaka 在吸入器上接了一個吸藥輔助器，好讓藥物能更深入肺部。
domain: medicine — device used with asthma inhalers
The doctor showed Hasan how to connect the spacer to his asthma pump.
醫生示範給 Hasan 看如何將吸藥輔助器接到他的氣喘噴劑上。
Ingrid bought a spacer with a face mask at one end for her young son.
Ingrid 買了一個末端帶有面罩的吸藥輔助器，給她年幼的兒子用。
The pharmacist explained that a spacer stops the spray from hitting the back of the throat.
藥師解釋說吸藥輔助器可以防止噴霧直接衝擊喉嚨後方。
Tariq pressed the inhaler into the spacer and breathed in the medicine slowly.
Tariq 將吸入器壓入吸藥輔助器，然後慢慢地吸入藥物。
用法筆記
Used specifically with metered-dose inhalers for asthma. The spacer holds the medicine in the chamber so the user can inhale it at their own pace, rather than trying to coordinate pressing the inhaler and breathing in at the same time.