window screen
/ˈwɪndoʊ skriːn/The window screen has a tear, so bugs keep getting in.
纱窗破了个口子,虫子总往里钻。
I popped out the window screen to clean the glass behind it.
我把纱窗取下来,擦后面的玻璃。
指防虫的细网,不要和遮光的window shade混淆。
漏水、断路器、热水器等需要向房东说明的设施。
点击照片查看详情
The window screen has a tear, so bugs keep getting in.
纱窗破了个口子,虫子总往里钻。
I popped out the window screen to clean the glass behind it.
我把纱窗取下来,擦后面的玻璃。
指防虫的细网,不要和遮光的window shade混淆。
When the power cut out, I flipped the circuit breaker back on.
断电时,我把断路器重新合上了。
Running the heater and the microwave at once trips the circuit breaker.
同时开暖气和微波炉,断路器就会跳闸。
集中安装断路器的配电盘叫breaker box或electrical panel。跳闸用动词trip。
This outlet is dead — nothing charges when I plug it in.
这个插座没电,插上去什么都充不了。
Could you move the couch? The only outlet is behind it.
能把沙发挪一下吗?唯一的插座在它后面。
美式英语用outlet,英式英语多用socket或power point。插头本身叫plug。
The smoke detector chirps when its battery is low.
烟雾报警器电池快没电时会发出滴滴声。
Burnt toast set off the smoke detector again.
烤焦的面包又把烟雾报警器弄响了。
也叫smoke alarm。检测一氧化碳的另称carbon monoxide detector。
A brown stain spread from the ceiling leak above the closet.
衣柜上方天花板漏水,留下一片褐色水渍。
I put a bucket under the ceiling leak until the landlord sends someone.
在房东派人来之前,我在天花板漏水处下面放了个桶。
若是屋顶漏雨则说roof leak。漏水留下的痕迹叫water stain。
A leaking faucet drips all night and wastes water.
水龙头漏水,整夜滴答滴答地浪费水。
A worn rubber washer is usually what causes a leaking faucet.
水龙头漏水通常是因为橡胶垫圈磨损了。
美式的faucet在英式英语里是tap。水不停滴落用动词drip。
The sink drains slowly because of a clogged drain.
下水道堵了,水槽的水排得很慢。
Hair is the usual culprit behind a clogged drain in the shower.
淋浴下水道堵塞,罪魁祸首通常是头发。
疏通堵塞的橡皮搋子叫plunger。blocked和clogged意思相同。
No hot water this morning — the water heater may have failed.
今早没有热水,可能是热水器坏了。
We turn the water heater down a few degrees to save on the gas bill.
为了省煤气费,我们把热水器调低了几度。
不带水箱即热的型号叫tankless water heater。它和供暖用的锅炉(boiler)是不同的设备。