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work as a blacksmith
work as + 职业名词 表示从事某职业，名词前通常加 a/an。
After finishing school, he worked as a blacksmith for ten years.
毕业后，他当了十年铁匠。
铁匠
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铁匠
a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
After finishing school, he worked as a blacksmith for ten years.
毕业后，他当了十年铁匠。
锻造铁器的人。
A person who forges iron.
用锤子和铁砧锻造和塑形铁的工匠
a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
太平洋沿岸的一种黑色鱼(Chromis punctipinnis)。
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
The blacksmith hammered the red-hot iron into a sharp tool.
铁匠把烧红的铁锤打成一件锋利的工具。
Many blacksmiths in the old town sell handmade gates and railings.
老镇上许多铁匠出售手工制作的大门和栏杆。
She watched the blacksmith cool the finished blade in a bucket of water.
她看着铁匠把做好的刀刃放进一桶水里冷却。
work as + 职业名词 表示从事某职业，名词前通常加 a/an。
After finishing school, he worked as a blacksmith for ten years.
毕业后，他当了十年铁匠。
表示“某人的学徒”时，介词用 to。
She became an apprentice to a blacksmith at the age of fifteen.
她十五岁时成了铁匠的学徒。
名词所有格 blacksmith's 可表示“铁匠的”，用于指其工具、店铺等。
The blacksmith's hammer was worn from years of use.
铁匠的锤子因多年使用而磨损了。
Not this
My father is blacksmith.
Use this
My father is a blacksmith.
blacksmith 是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词 a。中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 a；加上 a 才表示“一个铁匠”。
Not this
He works blacksmith in a factory.
Use this
He works as a blacksmith in a factory.
表示“从事某职业”时，work 后必须接 as 加职业名词，不能直接用名词 blacksmith 作补语。as a blacksmith 说明职业身份。
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The blacksmith worker made a horseshoe.
Use this
The blacksmith made a horseshoe.
blacksmith 本身已经表示“铁匠”这种工人，再加 worker 是赘余。中文“铁匠工人”不能直译成 blacksmith worker，应直接用 blacksmith。
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铁匠铺
He took his broken plow to the blacksmith's shop for repairs.
他把坏犁拿到铁匠铺去修理。
乡村铁匠
The village blacksmith was famous for his skill and strength.
那位乡村铁匠以技艺和力量闻名。
铁匠锻炉
The blacksmith's forge glowed with heat.
铁匠的锻炉烧得通红。
铁匠锤
He swung the blacksmith's hammer onto the hot iron.
他挥起铁匠锤砸向烧红的铁块。
铁匠学徒
The apprentice blacksmith watched the master shape a horseshoe.
铁匠学徒看着师父打造马蹄铁。
铁匠手艺
He learned the blacksmith's trade from his father.
他从父亲那里学到了铁匠手艺。
铁匠的马总是最后一个钉掌（比喻只顾帮别人、却忽略了自己的事）
The chef cooked elaborate meals for her café all day, but at home she ate instant noodles—the blacksmith's horse is always the last to be shod.
这位厨师白天给自家咖啡馆做精致的饭菜，回到家却吃方便面——铁匠的马总是最后一个钉掌。
每个人都是自己命运的锻造者。
This proverb reminds us that every man is the blacksmith of his own fortune, so we should take responsibility for our own lives.
这句谚语提醒我们，每个人都是自己命运的锻造者，所以我们应该为自己的生活负责。
一个铁匠追求了我，十一个月还要多。
In the traditional folk song "The Blacksmith", the singer remembers that a blacksmith courted her for more than eleven months.
在传统民歌《铁匠》中，歌手回忆起一个铁匠追求了她十一个月还多。
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blacksmith 拆成 black（黑）+ smith（工匠）：想象铁匠在铁砧上锤打烧黑的铁块。
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical crafts、metalworking trades blacksmith 是标准中性的常用名词，多用于描述传统铁匠职业、历史语境或手工艺内容，在口语和书面语中都适用，没有明显的正式或随便色彩。
这些词都以 /ɪθ/ 或 /smɪθ/ 结尾，与 blacksmith 的后半部分押韵。注意 smite /smaɪt/ 和 smitten /ˈsmɪtən/ 虽然拼写相似，但发音不同，不押韵。其中 with 也可读作 /wɪð/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.