Word · Frequency #17650
firefighter
消防队员
a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
- 1.
A person who has been trained to put out fires.
消防员,受过灭火训练的人。
消防员,受过灭火训练的人。；<美>消防队员
In use
The firefighter carried the child out of the burning building.
My neighbor works as a firefighter and often works night shifts.
The firefighters quickly put out the fire before it spread.
a firefighter
单数形式常与不定冠词 a 连用，表示“一名消防队员”。
He is a firefighter.
他是一名消防队员。
firefighters
复数形式 firefighters 表示多个消防队员。
Firefighters work hard to save people.
消防队员努力工作以救人。
a firefighter who ...
可以用 who 引导定语从句来修饰 firefighter。
A firefighter who saves lives is respected.
拯救生命的消防队员受人尊敬。
Common mistakes
She wants to be firefighter.She wants to be a firefighter.
firefighter 是可数名词单数，在 be 后面作表语时前面需要加不定冠词 a/an，中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
The firefighters is putting out the fire.The firefighters are putting out the fire.
firefighters 是复数形式，谓语动词要用 are，不能用 is，主谓必须一致。
Connections
Collocations
- volunteer firefighter
- 志愿消防员
- He has worked as a volunteer firefighter for ten years.他做了十年志愿消防员。
- professional firefighter
- 职业消防员
- Professional firefighters undergo rigorous training every year.职业消防员每年都接受严格的训练。
- rookie firefighter
- 新入职的消防员
- The rookie firefighter was nervous during his first rescue.这名新消防员在第一次救援时很紧张。
- become a firefighter
- 成为消防员
- She decided to become a firefighter after the earthquake.地震后她决定成为一名消防员。
- off-duty firefighter
- 休班的消防员
- An off-duty firefighter helped save the family from the fire.一名休班消防员帮助这家人从火中逃生。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
fire（火）+ fighter（战士）：与火搏斗的战士，即消防员。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、火灾现场、日常交谈 “firefighter”是标准常用词，语气中性，正式与非正式场合均适用，多用于新闻报道、官方文件及日常交流。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /-aɪtə(r)/ 结尾，与 firefighter 中的 -fighter 发音相同：fighter、lighter、tighter、brighter、writer、biter。带 -ighter 拼写时 gh 不发音。注意 fire /ˈfaɪə(r)/ 和 higher /ˈhaɪə(r)/ 彼此押韵，但不与 fighter 押韵，因为 fighter 有 /t/ 音；firefighter 的第一个音节是 /faɪə/，不是 fir /fɜː/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.