Word
manicurist
美甲师；修指甲师
a person who professionally cleans, shapes, and polishes fingernails
- 1.
A person who performs manicures.
美甲师；修指甲的人。
美甲师；修指甲的人。；修指甲师
In use
I have an appointment with the manicurist at three this afternoon.
The manicurist trimmed my nails and painted them a light pink color.
She decided to become a manicurist after taking a course in nail care.
work as a manicurist
表示职业时常用 work as，后接表示职业的名词。
She works as a manicurist at a local nail salon.
她在一家本地美甲沙龙当美甲师。
have a manicurist do sth
have + 人 + 动词原形 表示“让某人做某事”，do 不能用 to do。
I had a manicurist do my nails yesterday.
我昨天让美甲师帮我修了指甲。
a manicurist who [clause]
who 引导定语从句修饰表示人的 manicurist；中文常译为“……的”。
A manicurist who listens carefully to customers is popular.
仔细倾听顾客需求的美甲师很受欢迎。
Common mistakes
My sister is a manicure.My sister is a manicurist.
manicure 指“修甲服务或动作”，不表示人；表示“美甲师/修指甲师”这个职业要用 -ist 名词 manicurist。
I want to get a manicurist.I want to get a manicure.
manicurist 指“美甲师”这个人，不指“美甲服务”。表达“做美甲/修指甲”这个服务时，应用 manicure 或 get a manicure。
Connections
Collocations
- licensed manicurist
- 持证美甲师
- The salon only hires licensed manicurists.这家沙龙只聘用持证美甲师。
- professional manicurist
- 专业美甲师
- A professional manicurist always sanitizes her tools.专业美甲师总会给自己的工具消毒。
- work as a manicurist
- 以美甲师为业
- She has worked as a manicurist for ten years.她做美甲师已有十年了。
- visit a manicurist
- 去找美甲师
- I visit a manicurist every two weeks.我每两周去找一次美甲师。
- make an appointment with a manicurist
- 和美甲师预约
- You should make an appointment with a manicurist before the holiday.你应该在节日前和美甲师预约。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 mani 像“手”，curist 像“care（护理）”：用双手为指甲做护理的人——美甲师。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：beauty salon、job listing、service industry 该词为中性书面词，多用于职业介绍、简历或美甲店场景；日常口语中更常听到 nail technician。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No full word rhymes with manicurist, because its primary stress falls on man-; the listed words stress different syllables. Spelling/sound chunks: manicure shares the opening spelling; pedicurist matches the exact -curist spelling and /kjʊrɪst/ sound; purist matches the /jʊrɪst/ ending; jurist, tourist, and florist are spelling lookalikes but differ in vowel sound (jurist and tourist have no /j/ glide before /ʊ/).
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.