核心畫面

Two everyday products share this name and sit in completely different rooms: the powder that makes the marks inside a printer, and the liquid you wipe on your face after washing. Both trade on the idea of 'tone', but in modern use they have nothing to do with each other — the office one and the bathroom one.

這個字底下是兩樣日常用品,而且放在完全不同的房間:一個是印表機裡讓字顯色的粉,一個是洗完臉後拍在臉上的化妝水。兩者都更多收起這個字底下是兩樣日常用品,而且放在完全不同的房間:一個是印表機裡讓字顯色的粉,一個是洗完臉後拍在臉上的化妝水。兩者都跟 tone(色調、狀態)沾得上邊,但實際使用上彼此無關——一個在辦公室,一個在浴室,看場合就能分辨。

From the picture

洗臉後用的化妝水

這一支跟碳粉沒有關係,是同一個字在保養品領域的另一個用法。

skin toner · noun · B1

A liquid you put on your face after washing to make your skin feel soft, clean, and smooth.

化妝水

Also in this word

printer toner · noun · B1

A special powder or liquid used in printers and copy machines to make the dark marks on paper.

碳粉

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Tonername

  • 1

    A surname.

tonernoun/ˈtoʊnɚ/

  • 1

    Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.

    • The printer needs more black toner.
  • 2

    Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face.

    • She applied a facial toner after washing her skin.
  • 3

    archaicdialectalA musician, particularly one who plays a wind instrument.

  • 4

    A hair product used to reduce brassiness and increase shine in bleached and dyed hair.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。