a butcher
butcher 是可数名词，泛指某一类人时用 a butcher，复数形式是 butchers。
She works as a butcher at the local market.
她在当地市场做屠夫。
屠夫；肉贩
butchers — plural of butcher
刽子手；杀人狂；准备和销售肉类的人(有时也屠宰动物)；肉类零售商；残忍或滥杀无辜的人；残暴滥杀无辜的凶手
a person whose job is to prepare and sell meat, or to slaughter animals for meat
准备和销售肉类的人(有时也屠宰动物)
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
肉类零售商
a retailer of meat
残忍或滥杀无辜的人
A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
残暴滥杀无辜的凶手
a brutal indiscriminate murderer
屠宰或加工肉类供应市场的人
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
I asked the butcher for two chicken breasts and a few slices of ham.
我向肉贩要了两块鸡胸肉和几片火腿。
用法提示：此处butcher是名词，指售卖肉类的肉贩或屠夫。
The butcher wears a clean apron while he works behind the counter.
屠夫站在柜台后面工作时穿着一件干净的围裙。
用法提示：butcher作名词，指在肉店里切肉卖肉的人。
For the barbecue, we ordered spare ribs from the neighborhood butcher.
为了烧烤，我们从街坊的肉铺订了肋排。
用法提示：butcher在句中指肉贩，作介词from的宾语。
butcher 是可数名词，泛指某一类人时用 a butcher，复数形式是 butchers。
She works as a butcher at the local market.
她在当地市场做屠夫。
英式英语中 the butcher's 指肉铺，是 butcher's shop 的省略说法。
I stopped at the butcher's on my way home to buy some lamb.
我回家路上顺便去了趟肉铺买羊肉。
用 of 引出受害者或地点，指残忍滥杀的人，通常带有称号的意味。
The warlord was known as the butcher of the northern villages.
那个军阀被称为北方村落的屠夫。
grammar · medium
易错句子My father works as butcher.
正确表达My father works as a butcher.
butcher 是可数名词，单数形式前必须加不定冠词：表示职业身份时用 as a butcher。中文没有冠词这一词类，所以容易漏掉 a/an。
grammar · medium
易错句子Two butcher work in this shop.
正确表达Two butchers work in this shop.
数词 two 后面的可数名词要用复数形式 butchers；中文名词本身不随数量变化，容易漏掉词尾 -s。改为复数后，谓语 work 也与复数主语保持一致。
grammar · medium
易错句子I met the butchers wife at the market.
正确表达I met the butcher's wife at the market.
表示“某人的”要用所有格 -'s，而不是表示复数的 -s。这里指“肉贩的妻子”，所以写 the butcher's wife，撇号不能省略。
当地的肉贩
We get our sausages from the local butcher.
我们的香肠是从当地肉贩那里买的。
肉店
A new butcher's shop opened on our street.
我们街上新开了一家肉店。
在肉店
I need to stop at the butcher's on my way home.
我回家路上得去趟肉店。
屠刀
The chef reached for a heavy butcher knife.
厨师伸手去拿那把厚重的屠刀。
厚木砧板
She chopped the vegetables on the butcher block.
她在厚木砧板上切菜。
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