A blender is an electric kitchen machine that mixes liquids and soft foods until they become smooth. You put in fruit, milk, ice, or soup, close the lid, and the blades spin. People make drinks, sauces, and smooth soups with it.

a blenderblender(果汁機/食物攪拌機) is an electric kitchen machine that mixes liquids and soft foods是一種電動廚房機器,可以把液體和軟的食物混合 until they become smooth打到變得滑順。you put in fruit, milk, ice, or soup你放進水果、牛奶、冰塊或湯, close the lid蓋上蓋子, and the blades spin刀片就會轉動。people make drinks, sauces, and smooth soups with it大家會用它來打飲料、醬料,還有滑順的湯品。

In American English this is the everyday word; British speakers also say liquidiser.

in American English在美式英語裡, this is the everyday word這是日常用的說法; British speakers also say liquidiser英式英語的人也會說liquidiser。

There is a tall jug that sits on a base, and a slimmer stick you hold in the pan (a hand blender).

there is a tall jug that sits on a base有一種是放在底座上的高罐子, and a slimmer stick you hold in the pan也有一種是比較細長、拿在手裡放進鍋子裡用的棒狀機型 (a hand blender)(hand blender,手持攪拌棒)。

In Taiwan the same machine is usually called a 果汁機 even when nobody is making juice — that is just the name people grew up with.

in Taiwan在台灣, the same machine is usually called a 果汁機同一台機器通常被叫做果汁機, even when nobody is making juice就算沒有人在打果汁也一樣——that is just the name people grew up with那只是大家從小習慣的說法。

It is a thing, not a person. The verb is blend: you blend the soup in the blender.

it is a thing它是一個物品, not a person不是人。the verb is blend動詞形式是blend(打、攪拌): you blend the soup in the blender你blend the soup in the blender,就是用果汁機把湯打勻。