把東西分送到各個點的那一方
兩個意思其實是同一張圖，只是換了世界：一個在生意上，一個在引擎裡。看懂「分送」這個角色，就同時看懂了兩個。
goods distributor · noun · B1
A person or company that supplies goods to the shops and businesses that sell them.
經銷商
核心畫面
You can picture a distributor as whatever sits at the branching point: one supply comes in from a single source, and the distributor is the thing that splits it and sends a portion out to each of the many places waiting for it. The word does not say what is being sent — goods, electricity, anything — only that one stream becomes many.
可以想成 distributor 站在一個「分岔口」上：東西從一個來源進來，到了它這裡就被分成好幾份，再一份一份送到…更多收起
可以想成 distributor 站在一個「分岔口」上：東西從一個來源進來，到了它這裡就被分成好幾份，再一份一份送到後面各個等著的地方。這個字本身不在乎送的是什麼，重點在那個角色——把一條進來的東西，變成很多條出去的。One branch
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
distributornoun
- 1
One who or that which distributes.
- “The importance of that decision means that the voices of upset consumers have been heard and that those responsible for harming the highly respected reputation of Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch are no longer able to do so,” the distributor said in its statement. […] Still, some distributors are upset with Anheuser-Busch (BUD).
- The recall said that the distributors — Walmart, CVS and AACE Pharmaceuticals — will be arranging the return of all the affected products.
- 2
A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- 3
historicalmediaprintingpublishingA machine for distributing type.
- 4
historicalmediaprintingpublishingAn appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。