Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #9552
carpenters
木匠；木工
carpenters is the plural of carpenter.
a person whose job is making or repairing wooden objects, especially buildings and structures
- 1.
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other 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。
- 2.
a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
制作或修理木制品的木匠。
- 3.
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.
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。
- 4.
A two-wheeled carriage.
两轮马车。
- 5.
A carpenter bee.
木蜂。
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。
In use
The carpenter measured the wooden board before cutting it into pieces.
We hired a carpenter to build new bookshelves for the study.
The carpenters are repairing the old wooden stage at the theater.
Connections
Word family
- carpenters
- plural, third person singular
- carpentered
- past, past participle
- carpentering
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
复数形式为 carpenters。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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