be a [occupation]
用 be 动词接职业名词,表示某人的职业或身份。
He is a draper.
他是布商。
布商;布料商
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
布商;布料商
a person who sells cloth, fabrics, and sewing materials
He is a draper.
他是布商。
卖布者;布料经销商;纺织品商人。
One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; a textile merchant.
The draper measured the cloth carefully before cutting it.
布商在裁剪前仔细地量了布料。
My grandmother used to buy her silk from a local draper.
我祖母过去常从当地一家布商那里购买丝绸。
The drapers in the old market sold threads, ribbons, and buttons as well as fabrics.
老市场里的布商除了布料还卖线、缎带和纽扣。
用 be 动词接职业名词,表示某人的职业或身份。
He is a draper.
他是布商。
in 后接布商经营的货品类别,例如 fabrics(布料)、silks(丝绸)。
She is a draper in silks and woollens.
她是经营丝绸和毛料的布商。
work as 后接职业名词,表示以……为业。
He works as a draper in the high street.
他在大街上当布商。
Not this
He is draper.
Use this
He is a draper.
中文没有冠词概念,翻译“他是布商”时容易漏掉不定冠词。draper是可数名词单数,需要冠词a来表示“一个”。
Not this
I bought some drapers for the window.
Use this
I bought some draperies for the window.
draper指卖布的人,而“窗帘”是drapery(复数draperies)。这里说的是买窗帘,所以要用draperies而不是drapers。注意词义区别。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
布店;布匹商店
The draper's shop sold velvet and lace.
那家布店出售天鹅绒和蕾丝。
亚麻织品商;亚麻布商
The linen draper imported fine Irish linen.
那位亚麻布商进口了精致的爱尔兰亚麻布。
呢绒商;毛织品商
The woollen draper stocked heavy tweed for winter coats.
呢绒商备有供冬大衣用的厚粗花呢。
以布商为业的人;职业布商
He was a draper by trade, but he also repaired umbrellas.
他职业是布商,但也修雨伞。
Use draper naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 draper 拆成 drape(布料垂坠)+ -er,想象一块布垂在店里,卖布的人就是 draper。
语域:formal 常见场景:historical settings、formal writing about traditional trades draper 比较正式,多用于历史、文学或传统商业语境;日常口语中较少出现,常以 fabric merchant 等代替。
与 draper 押韵(英音)的词:paper、taper、vapour、scraper,均含 /eɪpə/ 音。注意:vapour 拼作 -our,但读音与 -aper 相同;drapes /dreɪps/ 和 grapes /ɡreɪps/ 拼写相近,但不押韵,因为以 /ps/ 结尾而非 /pə/。
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