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a/an + cutler
cutler 是可数名词，表示具体的一名刀匠或刀剪商，前面要用冠词 a/an。
He became a cutler after finishing his apprenticeship.
他学徒期满后成了一名刀剪商。
刀具商；刀剪商
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刀具商；刀剪商
a dealer in cutlery
He became a cutler after finishing his apprenticeship.
他学徒期满后成了一名刀剪商。
刀具匠；刀具商。
One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.
My uncle is a cutler who runs a small shop selling kitchen knives and scissors.
我叔叔是一名刀剪商，经营着一家出售厨房刀具和剪刀的小店。
We bought a new carving knife from the cutler on Main Street.
我们从主街的那位刀剪商那里买了一把新的切肉刀。
The cutler showed us several sets of steak knives.
那位刀剪商给我们看了几套牛排刀。
cutler 是可数名词，表示具体的一名刀匠或刀剪商，前面要用冠词 a/an。
He became a cutler after finishing his apprenticeship.
他学徒期满后成了一名刀剪商。
用 the 特指上文提到过或说话双方都知道的那位刀剪商。
The cutler sold a set of kitchen knives.
那位刀剪商卖了一套厨房刀具。
cutler 的复数形式为 cutlers，直接在词尾加 -s。
Cutlers from nearby towns gathered at the fair.
附近城镇的刀剪商们聚集在集市上。
Not this
He is cutler.
Use this
He is a cutler.
cutler 是可数名词，表示“刀剪商”，说明某人职业时单数可数名词前必须加不定冠词 a。
Not this
I bought this knife from a cutlery.
Use this
I bought this knife from a cutler.
cutlery 是集合名词，指刀剪餐具等器物，不指人；表示“刀剪商”要用可数名词 cutler，且前面用 a。
Not this
He is a cutter.
Use this
He is a cutler.
cutter 泛指“切割者/切割工具”，而 cutler 专指制作或售卖刀剪的人；表达“刀剪商”这一职业时应用 cutler。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
制刀大师
The master cutler examined the blade with great care.
那位制刀大师仔细检查了刀刃。
刀剪店
He bought a new carving knife at the cutler's shop.
他在刀剪店买了一把新的切肉刀。
谢菲尔德刀剪匠
Sheffield cutlers have been famous for their steel for centuries.
几个世纪以来，谢菲尔德的刀剪匠一直以他们的钢制品闻名。
刀剪学徒
The apprentice cutler learned to forge blades by hand.
刀剪学徒学习用手工锻造刀刃。
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由 cut（切割）联想：cutler 是专营切割刀具（刀剪）的匠人或商人。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical trade records、occupational titles、written descriptions 通常用于书面语或历史语境，指经营刀剪等刀具的商人；日常生活中更常直接说 knife seller。
与 cutler /ˈkʌtlə/ 完全押韵的词：butler /ˈbʌtlə/，并且都含拼写 -tler。注意拼写相近但读音不同的词：cutter /ˈkʌtə/ 没有 /l/ 音；cutlery /ˈkʌtləri/ 多出 /ri/ 音节，不能按拼写直接类推发音。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.