In the farm-and-factory sense, a separator is a machine that splits mixed stuff apart — especially cream from milk, or liquid from solids. A dairy separator spins milk so the cream comes off. Factories that make juice, oil, or metal use separators too.

In the farm-and-factory sense在農場和工廠的用法裡 a separator is a machine that splits mixed stuff apartseparator是一種把混在一起的東西分開的機器 especially cream from milk, or liquid from solids尤其是把奶油從牛奶裡分出來，或是把液體從固體裡分出來 A dairy separator spins milk so the cream comes off乳品用的separator會用旋轉的方式讓奶油分離出來 Factories that make juice, oil, or metal use separators too做果汁、油，或金屬的工廠也會用separator

It is a technical word: farmers, food plants, and engineers say it. You would not use it for a person, and it is not the everyday word for a wall or a fence.

It is a technical word這是一個技術性的詞 farmers, food plants, and engineers say it農夫、食品工廠和工程師會這樣說 You would not use it for a person你不會用它來稱呼一個人 and it is not the everyday word for a wall or a fence它也不是日常用來說牆壁或圍籬的字

People have stretched it a long way since then. Anything that stands between two things and keeps them apart may be called a separator: a line on a page, a mark between numbers in a date, a character in a computer file.

People have stretched it a long way since then從那之後，人們把這個字延伸得很遠 Anything that stands between two things and keeps them apart任何站在兩個東西中間、把它們隔開的東西 may be called a separator都可能被叫做separator a line on a page, a mark between numbers in a date, a character in a computer file頁面上的一條線、日期數字之間的符號、電腦檔案裡的一個字元

The machine is the older, more physical sense; the “thing in between” sense is now very common.

The machine is the older, more physical sense機器的意思是比較舊、比較實體的用法 the "thing in between" sense is now very common「中間隔開的東西」這個意思，現在非常常見