A Primus is a small stove you can carry, that burns oil (the kind campers call paraffin or kerosene), used when you are camping and have no kitchen. You pump it, light it with care, and cook on the flame.

A Primus Primus is是 a small stove you can carry一種可以隨身攜帶的小爐子，that burns oil燒的是油 (the kind campers call paraffin or kerosene)（露營的人叫它煤油或石蠟油那種），used when you are camping and have no kitchen在露營、沒有廚房的時候用。You pump it你把它打氣，light it with care小心點火，and cook on the flame然後就著火焰煮東西。

The name began as a brand — a Swedish company called their stove Primus, from Latin for “first” — and in British English that brand name became the ordinary word for this kind of oil camping stove, often still written with a capital P.

The name這個名字 began as a brand一開始是個品牌——a Swedish company一家瑞典公司 called their stove Primus把他們的爐子取名叫Primus，from Latin for "first"這個字在拉丁文裡是「第一」的意思——and而 in British English在英式英語裡 that brand name這個品牌名 became the ordinary word變成了普通名詞 for this kind of oil camping stove用來稱呼這種燒油的露營爐，often still written with a capital P常常還是大寫P開頭。

Though actually, it is not an electric stove and not the little gas-canister stove many hikers use now.

Though actually不過事實上，it它 is not an electric stove不是電爐，and not也不是 the little gas-canister stove現在很多登山客用的那種小瓦斯罐爐子 many hikers use now。

Younger campers may just say camping stove; Primus sounds a little old-fashioned, like something from a hiking story. In Taiwan you are more likely to hear the type-name 汽化爐 than Primus as a common noun.

Younger campers比較年輕的露營客 may just say可能就直接說 camping stove camping stove（露營爐）；Primus Primus sounds a little old-fashioned聽起來有點老派，like something from a hiking story像是登山故事裡才會出現的字。In Taiwan在台灣 you are more likely to hear你比較常聽到的是 the type-name 汽化爐汽化爐這個名稱 than Primus as a common noun而不是把Primus當成普通名詞來用。