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A dryer is a machine that makes things dry, most often clothes. After you wash shirts, you put them in the dryer; hot air turns until they are dry.
A dryer「Dryer」 is a machine是一種機器 that makes things dry能把東西弄乾， most often clothes最常見的是烘衣服。 After洗完襯衫之後 washing shirts， you你 put them in the dryer把它們放進 dryer 裡； hot air turns熱風會轉動 until they are dry直到衣服乾了為止。
Americans usually write dryer for this machine. British English often says tumble dryer for the clothes machine. Bathrooms have a hand dryer. Some people also call a hair dryer a dryer, though that is a different small machine you hold.
Americans美國人 usually write dryer通常寫作 dryer for this machine來指這台機器。 British English英式英文 often says tumble dryer常說 tumble dryer for the clothes machine來指烘衣機。 Bathrooms浴室 have a hand dryer會有 hand dryer（烘手機）。 Some people有些人 also call a hair dryer也會把吹風機 a dryer叫做 dryer， though但 that is a different small machine you hold那其實是另一台你拿在手上的小機器。
Though actually, dryer can also mean 'more dry' (the comparative of dry: this towel is dryer than that one). Many writers prefer the spelling drier for 'more dry,' and dryer for the machine — but you will see both. In careful labels, clothes dryer keeps the machine clear.
Though actually不過事實上， dryer「dryer」 can also mean也可以指 'more dry'「更乾」（ the comparative of dry也就是 dry 的比較級： this towel is dryer than that one像「this towel is dryer than that one」，這條毛巾比那條更乾）。 Many writers很多作者 prefer the spelling比較喜歡拼作 drier for 'more dry,'drier 來表示「更乾」， and而 dryer for the machinedryer 用在機器上—— but不過 you will see both兩種寫法都會看到。 In careful labels在講究的標示上， clothes dryer「clothes dryer」（烘衣機） keeps the machine clear能讓機器的意思更清楚。
組成dry + -er. As the machine: the -er ending means 'thing that does it' (a thing that dries), from Middle English driere, dreyere ('one who dries'). The same spelling can also be dry + -er as the comparative ('more dry').
原始詞典資料6 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。
Dryername
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A surname.
dryernoun詞源 1/ˈdɹaɪɚ/
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One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
- The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- At that time, father, brother and I worked as night watchmen at the grain dryer. It was a large and complicated structure built out in the steppe. It consisted of a wooden tower with swinging shelves attached to the inside walls,[…]
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A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。