Word · Frequency #17291
Wainwrights
马车匠；造马车的人
Wainwrights is the plural of wainwright.
核心释义
a wagon maker
- 1.
A.温赖特《湖区峰峦图解指南》(1955–1966)中描述的214座山峰之一,常被作为登峰收集的对象。
Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.
A.温赖特《湖区峰峦图解指南》(1955–1966)中描述的214座山峰之一,常被作为登峰收集的对象。；四轮运货马车修造工
用法In use
The old wainwright repaired the wooden wheels of our cart.
用法提示：wainwright 在此作名词，指‘造或修马车的人’。
My great-grandfather worked as a wainwright in a small village.
用法提示：wainwright 用作可数名词，表示‘马车修造工’这一职业。
Before cars became common, every town needed a wainwright.
用法提示：wainwright 以单数形式泛指从事该职业的人，意为‘造马车的人’。
be a wainwright
wainwright 是可数名词，表示以造马车为业的人。
His grandfather was a wainwright in the village.
他的祖父曾是村里的马车匠。
work as a wainwright
指职业身份时常用 work as a wainwright。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- master wainwright
- 手艺高超的造车匠
- The master wainwright repaired the old wagon in two days.那位手艺高超的造车匠两天就修好了旧四轮马车。
- village wainwright
- 村里的造车匠
- The village wainwright built a sturdy cart for the farmer.村里的造车匠为农夫造了一辆结实的货车。
- wainwright's shop
- 造车匠的作坊
- The wainwright's shop was full of wood and iron tools.造车匠的作坊里堆满了木料和铁制工具。
- the wainwright's trade
- 造车手艺
- He learned the wainwright's trade from his grandfather.他从祖父那里学到了造车手艺。
- trained as a wainwright
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 wain 联想成 wagon（四轮货车）的缩写，wright 表示工匠，合起来就是‘造四轮马车的工匠’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、literary fiction、museum display texts wainwright 是比较古老、偏正式的用词，通常出现于历史或文学语境，指制造四轮马车的人；现代日常英语中很少用，多以 wagon maker 来表达。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
发音提示：wain 读 /weɪn/，和 wane /weɪn/ 同音；单词末尾的 -wright 一律读 /raɪt/，与 right /raɪt/ 同音，bright、light、playwright、wheelwright 的末尾也都读 /raɪt/。但要特别注意：wainwright 的重音在第一个音节 /weɪn/ 上，因此这些 /raɪt/ 结尾的词并不与整个词构成严格韵脚。另外，不要把 wain- 误读作 wine /waɪn/。
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