Word · Frequency #17326
apothecary
药剂师；药师
a health professional trained to prepare and dispense drugs
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a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
药剂师,配制和分发药物的健康专业人员
药剂师,配制和分发药物的健康专业人员；药剂师；药房；[医] 药剂员; 药店
In use
Before becoming a doctor, he worked as an apothecary, preparing medicines from plants and minerals.
She asked the apothecary for something to relieve her cough, and he gave her a bottle of syrup.
In the eighteenth century, apothecaries not only sold drugs but also gave medical advice.
work as an apothecary
work as 后接职业名词，表示“担任、从事”。
He worked as an apothecary in the old town.
他在老城区当药剂师。
consult a/the apothecary
consult 是较正式的“咨询”，对象是药剂师本人。
She consulted the apothecary about her illness.
她向药剂师咨询了自己的病情。
the apothecary's + [noun]
名词所有格 the apothecary's 后可省略 shop 等地点词，直接指药店。
The apothecary's shop was near the market.
药剂师的店铺在市场附近。
the apothecary + [verb]
apothecary 是可数名词，作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。
The apothecary weighed the herbs carefully.
药剂师仔细称量了草药。
Common mistakes
She works as apothecary in a small town.She works as an apothecary in a small town.
apothecary 是可数名词，单数形式作表语（如 work as 后表示职业）时前面必须加冠词 an；漏掉冠词是受汉语不标注冠词影响而产生的典型错误。
The apothecarys mixed the medicine carefully.The apothecaries mixed the medicine carefully.
apothecary 以辅音字母加 y 结尾，变复数时应先把 y 改为 i，再加 -es，不能直接在词尾加 -s；apothecaries 是唯一正确的复数形式。
Connections
Collocations
- apothecary's shop
- 药房；药材铺
- She found the remedy at the old apothecary's shop.她在老药房找到了这种药。
- apothecary jar
- （装饰用的）玻璃药罐
- The apothecary jars on the shelf were filled with colorful herbs.架子上的玻璃药罐里装满了五颜六色的草药。
- apothecary's apprentice
- 药剂师学徒
- As an apothecary's apprentice, he learned to mix compounds by hand.作为药剂师的学徒，他学会了手工调配药物。
- apothecary's scale
- 药秤；药剂师天平
- The old apothecary weighed the herbs on a brass apothecary's scale.老药剂师用黄铜药秤称量草药。
Pop culture & quotes
- I do remember an apothecary, and hereabouts he dwells.
- 我记得有一个药剂师，他就住在这附近。In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says this line when he buys poison from an apothecary.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
可联想 a-pothe-cary：pothe 像 pot（药罐），cary 像 carry（拿），药剂师拿着药罐配药。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：历史小说、古装影视剧、旧时医书 较过时的说法，现在不常用，多用于历史、文学或影视语境，指旧时的药剂师或药铺。
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵组（元音和后续辅音与 -cary /kɛri/ 相同）：berry /ˈbɛri/、ferry /ˈfɛri/、very /ˈvɛri/ 都以 /-ɛri/ 结尾。注意形近音不同的词：scary 含有同样的 -cary 拼写，但标准发音常是 /ˈskeri/（元音 /e/，不是 /ɛ/）；carry 是双写 r，元音为 /æ/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.