做測試的人或機器
這一支最貼近 -er 的本義:誰在試,誰就是 tester。
noun · B1
A person whose job is to check whether something works properly, or a piece of equipment used to check something.
測試員/測試器
Think of tester as the side that does the trying. English adds -er to test the way it adds -er to print, and what comes out can be a person, a machine, or even the little bottle on the counter that is put there to be tried.
Wiktionary records this tester as Middle English tester, equivalent to test + -er.
Wiktionary 把這個 tester 記成 test 加 -er。-er 指「做這件事的人或東西」,這條線正好對得上今天人、機器、樣品都能叫 tester。
packet Wiktionary etymology_text (etymology 2): From Middle English tester, equivalent to test + -er.
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做測試的人或機器
這一支最貼近 -er 的本義:誰在試,誰就是 tester。
noun · B1
A person whose job is to check whether something works properly, or a piece of equipment used to check something.
測試員/測試器
拿來給人試的樣品
同樣的 -er,只是這次「參與測試」的不是動手的人,而是被拿來試的那一小瓶。
noun · B2
A small open bottle or pot of something such as perfume, make-up or paint, put out in a shop so that customers can try it before they buy.
試用品/試用瓶