An extractor is a machine that pulls air out of a room — hot air, greasy air, or air that smells bad. In a kitchen it usually sits above the cooker and sucks steam and cooking smell away so the room does not fill with smoke.

An extractor is a machine that pulls air out of a roomExtractor是一種把房間裡的空氣抽出去的機器—— hot air, greasy air, or air that smells bad熱氣、油煙、或有臭味的空氣 In a kitchen it usually sits above the cooker在廚房裡，它通常裝在爐子上方， and sucks steam and cooking smell away把蒸氣和油煙味吸走， so the room does not fill with smoke讓房間不會充滿油煙

In a factory it may sit over a bench and pull fumes away from the people working there. The job is simple: it extracts air, the way you pull juice out of a fruit, and sends that air outside.

In a factory it may sit over a bench在工廠裡，它可能裝在工作台上方， and pull fumes away from the people working there把有害氣體從工人身邊抽走 The job is simple它的功能很單純： it extracts air, the way you pull juice out of a fruit就是把空氣抽出來，就像你把果汁從水果裡榨出來一樣， and sends that air outside再把那些空氣排到外面去

Though actually, in everyday British English people often say the whole name extractor fan; Americans more often say exhaust fan, or range hood for the kitchen kind. It is a practical, slightly technical word. You meet it on appliance boxes, in building plans, and when someone is complaining that the kitchen still smells.

Though actually不過其實， in everyday British English people often say the whole name extractor fan在日常英式英文裡，人們常說完整的extractor fan； Americans more often say exhaust fan, or range hood for the kitchen kind美式英文比較常說exhaust fan，廚房用的則常說range hood It is a practical, slightly technical word這是個實用、稍微偏技術性的字 You meet it on appliance boxes, in building plans你會在家電包裝、建築設計圖裡遇到這個字， and when someone is complaining that the kitchen still smells或是有人在抱怨廚房還是很有味道的時候