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work as a farrier
farrier 主要指为马钉掌的人。
She works as a farrier in the countryside.
她在乡下当蹄铁匠。
蹄铁匠；钉马掌的人
farriers — plural of farrier
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
蹄铁匠；钉马掌的人
a person who shoes horses
She works as a farrier in the countryside.
她在乡下当蹄铁匠。
通过修剪马蹄和安装马蹄铁来维护马蹄健康与平衡的人。
A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
The farrier visited the stable to check the horses' hooves.
蹄铁匠来到马厩检查马蹄。
My uncle has been a farrier for over twenty years.
我叔叔当蹄铁匠已经二十多年了。
We called a farrier because one of the horses lost a shoe.
因为有一匹马掉了一只蹄铁，我们请来了一位蹄铁匠。
farrier 主要指为马钉掌的人。
She works as a farrier in the countryside.
她在乡下当蹄铁匠。
We need to take the horse to the farrier.
我们需要把马带到蹄铁匠那里。
Not this
The farrier treated the sick horse with medicine.
Use this
The veterinarian treated the sick horse with medicine.
farrier 专指为马钉掌的蹄铁匠，不是给动物治病的医生；表达“兽医治疗病马”应使用 veterinarian。
Not this
There are two farrier at the stable.
Use this
There are two farriers at the stable.
farrier 是可数名词，在 two 等复数数量词后必须用复数形式 farriers。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
请蹄铁匠来（给马钉掌）
If your horse throws a shoe, you'll need to call a farrier.
如果你的马掉了马蹄铁，你需要请蹄铁匠来。
当地的蹄铁匠
Ask other horse owners for the name of a reliable local farrier.
向其他马主打听一位可靠的当地蹄铁匠的名字。
受过训练的蹄铁匠
A trained farrier trimmed our horses' hooves and fitted new shoes.
一位受过训练的蹄铁匠给我们的马修了蹄并钉了新掌。
蹄铁匠学徒培训
He completed a farrier apprenticeship after leaving school.
他离开学校后完成了蹄铁匠学徒培训。
蹄铁匠工具包
She keeps a farrier kit in the stable for routine hoof care.
她在马厩里放了一个蹄铁匠工具包，用于日常蹄部护理。
Use farriers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：farrier 读作‘发-ri-er’，想象铁匠师傅敲铁钉发出‘铛铛’声，给马钉铁掌——他就是蹄铁匠。
语域：mixed 常见场景：horse care、equestrian sports、stable management、historical descriptions farrier（蹄铁匠）多用于马术、马匹护理或历史语境，属于较正式且专门的说法；在日常一般谈话中可能显得生疏或偏正式，通常可按场合改用 a person who shoes horses 等表达。
与 farrier /ˈfæriə/ 押韵的是 carrier /ˈkæriə/、barrier /ˈbæriə/、harrier /ˈhæriə/，它们的重读元音和后面的 /riə/ 都相同；terrier /ˈteriə/ 虽拼写相同（-rrier），但重读元音是 /e/，不算完全押韵。注意 crier /ˈkraɪə/ 和 drier /ˈdraɪə/ 也以 -rier 结尾，但读作 /aɪə/，与 farrier 的 /iə/ 不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.