water cooler

1. N-COUNT A water cooler is a machine that dispenses drinking water, especially in an office. (尤指辦公室里的)飲水機(jī)

2. N-SING Water cooler is used in expressions that refer to the informal conversations that people have in their office or workplace. 辦公室; 工作場所; 用于表述在辦公地點(diǎn)的閑聊

The movie makes for great conversation at the water cooler. 這本電影是在工作場所閑聊的極好的談資。