Word · Frequency #23981
confectioner
糖果制造商；甜食商
a person who makes candies and other sweets
- 1.
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).
糖果和甜食的制造商或经销商。
糖果和甜食的制造商或经销商。；糖果制造人；甜食商；[建] 糖果制造工；糖果店
In use
The confectioner decorated the wedding cake with delicate sugar flowers.
After years of training, she became a well-known confectioner in the city.
The local confectioners sell fresh chocolates every morning.
a confectioner of sth
介词 of 后接具体甜食种类，表示所制作的糖果。
She is a confectioner of handmade chocolates.
她是一位制作手工巧克力的糖果师。
work as a confectioner
work as 后接职业名词，表示从事该职业。
He worked as a confectioner for over twenty years.
他当了二十多年的糖果师。
become a confectioner
become 后接职业名词，表示成为该职业者。
She decided to become a confectioner after taking a baking class.
她上了烘焙课后决定成为一名糖果师。
Common mistakes
She ate too much confectioner.She ate too much confectionery.
confectioner 指“糖果制造商”这类人，是可数名词；表示“糖果、甜食”这类总称要用不可数名词 confectionery。这里动词 ate 的宾语应是食物，所以要换成 confectionery。
We stopped at the confectioner to buy sweets.We stopped at the confectioner's to buy sweets.
confectioner 指“制作或售卖糖果的人”，不指店铺；表示店铺时要用其所有格形式 confectioner's（即 the confectioner's shop 的省略），类似 the baker's、the butcher's。原句把“人”当“地点”用了。
Connections
Collocations
- master confectioner
- 糖果制作大师
- The master confectioner is famous for her handmade caramels.这位糖果制作大师以手工焦糖糖果闻名。
- skilled confectioner
- 熟练的糖果师傅
- A skilled confectioner can make delicate sugar flowers.一位熟练的糖果师傅能制作精致的糖花。
- apprentice confectioner
- 糖果制作学徒
- He worked as an apprentice confectioner in a French patisserie.他在一家法国糕点店当糖果制作学徒。
- local confectioner
- 本地糖果商
- The local confectioner supplies chocolates to most hotels in town.本地的糖果商为镇上大多数酒店供应巧克力。
- family of confectioners
- 糖果制作世家
- The family of confectioners has been making sweets for three generations.这个糖果制作世家已经制作糖果三代人了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把confectioner想成con-fection-er：糖果(confection)铺里那个(-er)制作甜食的师傅，就是糖果制造商。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：occupational titles、industry descriptions、written texts confectioner 在词典中通常不带明显语体限制，属于中性偏正式的词；多用于职业名称、行业介绍等书面语境。日常口语中表示“糖果/甜食制造者”时，更常说 candy maker。
Grammar Note
指制作或销售糖果的人，不是糖果本身。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有与 confectioner (/kənˈfekʃənə/) 完全押韵的常用词。confection 和 infection 互相押韵（均以 /ˈfekʃən/ 结尾），但它们比 confectioner 少了末尾的 /ə/；confectionery 以 /əri/ 结尾，也不押韵。questioner、practitioner、executioner 都以 -tioner 结尾，但重读元音或 'ti' 的发音不同，所以都只是形近而非押韵。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.