ディスペンサー
解説 Definition
dispensers は dispenser（ディスペンサー、分配器）の複数形です。石けん、飲料、紙などを一定量ずつ出す装置を指し、日本語の「ディスペンサー」とほぼ同じ意味で使われます。
Devices or containers designed to release, distribute, or provide a substance or item, usually in controlled amounts. The plural commonly refers to machines or holders for products such as soap, drinking water, paper towels, or beverages.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 dispenser「一定量を出す装置」に複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、語末が有声音 /r/ のため -s は /z/ と発音します。dispense「分配する」＋道具を表す -er と捉え、soap dispensers、water dispensers、paper towel dispensers のように中身を前に置いて覚えます。
Start with the singular dispenser: dispense means “give out or distribute,” and -er identifies a person or device that performs the action. Dispensers is simply its plural, formed by adding -s; the ending is pronounced /z/ after the voiced final sound. Imagine an office floor with several devices, each giving something out in measured portions. Learn the word through common combinations: soap dispensers, water dispensers, paper towel dispensers, and beverage dispensers. The repeated pattern “what is dispensed + dispensers” makes both the meaning and normal usage easy to recall.
例文
The restroom has new soap dispensers beside the sinks.
そのトイレには洗面台の横に新しい石けんディスペンサーがあります。
Water dispensers are available on every floor of the office.
オフィスの各階にウォーターディスペンサーがあります。
The staff refilled the paper towel dispensers before the event began.
スタッフはイベント開始前にペーパータオルのディスペンサーを補充しました。
dispensers の類義語・関連語
dispensers の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 dispensāre（分配する）から古フランス語経由で英語に入った dispense に、行為者・道具を表す接尾辞 -er を付けた語。dis-（分けて）＋ pensāre（量る）が原義で「量り分ける装置」。関連語: dispense（分配する）、pension（年金、同根の pens-）。
Dispensers is the plural of dispenser, which combines dispense with the agent or instrument suffix -er. Dispense ultimately comes from Latin dispensare, meaning “to distribute, manage, or weigh out,” a frequentative form related to dispendere. That Latin verb combines dis-, suggesting division or separation, with pendere, “to weigh.” The word’s history supports the modern idea of devices that measure out or release supplies in portions.
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