乾電池
Meanings
1
dry cell battery
Refers to a non-rechargeable battery that uses a paste electrolyte, as opposed to a wet cell (湿電池). Common in everyday contexts for AA, AAA, etc.
See also: 湿電池
The remote control's dry cell battery has run out.
Please buy some AA dry cell batteries.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉に乾電池を入れるto put dry-cell batteries into (a device)
I put batteries into the remote control.
- 乾電池が切れるfor the batteries to die/run out
The batteries in the toy died.
- 乾電池を交換するto replace the batteries
I replaced the battery in the clock.
- 〈物〉は乾電池で動く(a device) runs on dry-cell batteries
This radio runs on batteries.