a carpenter
carpenter 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词 a/an 或其他限定词。
Her father is a carpenter.
她父亲是一名木匠。
船上的木匠；随船木工；木蜂；两轮马车；精通木工手艺的人,即切割和接合木材以建造建筑物或其他结构的行业。；制作或修理木制品的木匠。
a person whose job is making or repairing wooden objects, especially buildings and structures
精通木工手艺的人,即切割和接合木材以建造建筑物或其他结构的行业。
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
制作或修理木制品的木匠。
a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
船上负责所有木工的高级船员；帆船时代为准尉,负责船体、桅杆、帆桁和小艇,并负责测深检查船舶是否漏水。
A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
两轮马车。
A two-wheeled carriage.
木蜂。
A carpenter bee.
The carpenter measured the wooden board before cutting it into pieces.
木匠先测量了木板，然后把它切成几块。
用法提示：carpenter 为可数名词，指以木工为业的人；此处作主语。
We hired a carpenter to build new bookshelves for the study.
我们雇了一位木匠为书房做新书架。
用法提示：carpenter 作宾语，表示被雇来完成木工活的人。
The carpenters are repairing the old wooden stage at the theater.
木匠们正在修理剧院里那座旧木舞台。
用法提示：carpenters 为复数形式，作主语，指多名木匠。
carpenter 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词 a/an 或其他限定词。
Her father is a carpenter.
她父亲是一名木匠。
泛指一类人时用复数形式，前面不加冠词。
Carpenters build and repair wooden structures.
木匠建造并修理木制结构。
说明职业时常用 work as + 职业名词这一结构。
He works as a carpenter on a ship.
他在船上当木匠。
特指某一位木匠时用定冠词 the。
The carpenter fixed the broken window frame.
那个木匠修好了破损的窗框。
grammar · medium
易错句子My father is carpenter.
正确表达My father is a carpenter.
英语可数名词单数在句中作表语表示身份时，前面必须加不定冠词 a/an；汉语没有冠词，直译“我父亲是木匠”容易漏掉 a。加上 a 后，carpenter 以单数可数名词形式出现，句子才符合语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子He does carpenter.
正确表达He works as a carpenter.
汉语“他做木匠”中的“做”不能直译成 do 后接职业名词；英语表示“以某职业为生”用 work as a + 职业名词。carpenter 是职业，所以应说 works as a carpenter，而不是 does carpenter。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are three carpenter in the workshop.
正确表达There are three carpenters in the workshop.
英语可数名词前有大于一的数词修饰时，必须用复数形式；汉语名词本身不变化，容易沿用单数。这里 three 后应接复数 carpenters，即 carpenter 加 -s。
熟练的木匠
He is a skilled carpenter.
他是一位熟练的木匠。
木工大师
The master carpenter supervised the construction.
木工大师监督了施工。
学徒木匠
The apprentice carpenter learned from the master.
学徒木匠向大师学习。
职业木匠
She is a carpenter by trade.
她以木匠为业。
工会木匠
The union carpenter demanded higher wages.
工会木匠要求提高工资。
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一队木匠
A team of carpenters built the house.
一队木匠建造了这座房子。