1 a machine, for example in an office, that cools water and supplies it for drinking 饮水冷却器

2 used when referring to a place where office workers talk in an informal way, for example near the water cooler 饮水间等公司职员闲聊的场所: It was a story they'd shared around the water cooler. 这是一个他们在公司饮水间相互讲述的故事。