Word · Frequency #23086
ironmonger
五金商；金属器具商
someone who sells hardware
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n. someone who sells hardware
金属器具商；五金商
金属器具商；五金商
In use
The village ironmonger sells nails, screws, and other hardware.
I need to visit the ironmonger to get a new door lock.
Many ironmongers also stock paint and gardening tools.
be an ironmonger
ironmonger 是可数名词，复数形式为 ironmongers。
My grandfather was an ironmonger in the town.
我祖父是镇上的五金商。
buy sth from a local ironmonger
We bought the tools from a local ironmonger.
我们从当地一家五金商那里买了这些工具。
work as an ironmonger
work as 后接表示职业的名词。
He worked as an ironmonger for several years.
他做了几年五金商。
Common mistakes
I bought a hammer at the ironmonger.I bought a hammer at the ironmonger's.
ironmonger 指‘五金商’这个人；表示店铺时要用所有格形式 ironmonger's（即 ironmonger's shop 的省略）。少了 's 会变成‘在五金商本人那里’，不符合想表达‘在五金店’的意思。
There is an ironmonger shop near my home.There is an ironmonger's shop near my home.
ironmonger 是名词，指人，不能直接放在 shop 前作定语表示‘五金店’；应使用所有格 ironmonger's shop，或用 hardware shop。原句把名词当形容词用，是中式英语。
Connections
Collocations
- the village ironmonger
- 村里的五金商
- My grandfather used to buy nails from the village ironmonger.我祖父过去常到村里的五金商那里买钉子。
- go to the ironmonger
- 去五金店
- We need to go to the ironmonger for a new hammer.我们需要去五金店买一把新锤子。
- an ironmonger by trade
- 以五金生意为业的人
- Her uncle is an ironmonger by trade.她的叔叔以做五金生意为业。
Synonyms
- hardware dealer
- 五金器材经销商 · 适用于美式英语，强调以商业买卖为业；比 ironmonger 更通用，不特指英式小五金店。
- hardware merchant
- 经营五金商品的商人 · 语气较正式或略带古旧，通常指批发或经营商铺的商人；不如 ironmonger 特指英式小店。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
iron（铁）＋monger（商人），想象一个铁匠铺老板忙着卖铁钉、锤子等五金，就是 ironmonger。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：英式英语五金店语境、历史叙述或传统行业描述、正式书面语 ironmonger 多用于英式英语，指五金器具商；在现代日常口语中不如 hardware store 常见，听起来较传统或正式。在美国英语中比较罕见，多出现于历史或书面语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words built with -monger (monger, fishmonger, warmonger, rumormonger) all rhyme with the final part of ironmonger: /ˌmʌŋɡər/. Hunger also rhymes because it shares the stressed sound /ʌŋɡər/. Beware longer: it ends in -nger but has a different vowel (/ɔː/ in US, /ɒ/ in UK), so it does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.