A shaver is the small electric machine people use to take hair off the face, and sometimes the body. You hold it in one hand; it buzzes; little blades under a foil or a set of round heads cut the hair close.

A shaver電動刮鬍刀 is the small electric machine是一種小型電動機器 people use to take hair off the face人們用來把臉上的毛去掉 and sometimes the body有時候也用在身體。You hold it in one hand你用一隻手拿著它 it buzzes它會嗡嗡震動 little blades under a foil or a set of round heads網罩下的小刀片或是一組圓形刀頭 cut the hair close把毛剃得很短。

In a shop this is the bathroom meaning, and it is the one on the box. It is not, strictly, the same as a razor with a blade you throw away — though actually, people do stretch shaver to mean almost any shaving tool when they are talking loosely.

In a shop在店裡 this is the bathroom meaning這是指浴室裡用的那種意思 and it is the one on the box也是包裝盒上寫的那個意思。It is not, strictly, the same as嚴格來說它不完全等於 a razor with a blade you throw away那種用完刀片就丟的刮鬍刀 though actually不過其實 people do stretch shaver to mean almost any shaving tool when they are talking loosely大家講話隨便一點時也會把 shaver 拿來泛指幾乎任何刮鬍工具。

Electric shaver is the full, clear name; shaver alone is what people say when the electric part is already obvious. Neutral, everyday English.

Electric shaverElectric shaver（電動刮鬍刀）is the full, clear name是完整清楚的說法 shaver alone單講 shaver is what people say when the electric part is already obvious是電動這件事已經很明顯時的說法。Neutral, everyday English中性、日常的英文用字。

(An older, quite different meaning — a young lad — turns up in old books. That is not this machine.)

An older, quite different meaning一個比較舊、完全不同的意思 a young lad「小男孩」 turns up in old books會出現在舊書裡。That is not this machine那不是這台機器。