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sawyer
锯木工；锯工
核心释义
a person employed to saw wood
- 1.
锯木工(尤指在锯木坑中锯木的)。
One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- 2.
墨天牛属甲虫,栖居并取食树木(包括木材)。
A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
天牛；锯木工(尤指在锯木坑中锯木的)。；墨天牛属甲虫,栖居并取食树木(包括木材)。；锯工；漂流圆木
用法In use
The sawyer cut the oak tree into thick planks.
用法提示：sawyer 指“锯木工”，句中作主语。
After the storm, the sawyer was busy trimming fallen branches.
用法提示：sawyer 为单数名词，表示从事锯木的人。
The sawyer sharpened his saw before starting work.
用法提示：sawyer 表示“锯工”，句中用其工具 saw 呼应。
a sawyer
sawyer 表示“锯木工人”或“天牛”时都是可数名词，单数形式用 a sawyer。
A sawyer cuts logs into planks.
锯工把原木锯成木板。
sawyers + [plural verb]
sawyer 的复数形式是 sawyers；作主语时谓语动词用复数。
Sawyers cut wood in the mill.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- skilled sawyer
- 熟练的锯木工
- A skilled sawyer can turn a rough log into planks in minutes.熟练的锯木工能在几分钟内把粗糙的原木变成木板。
- head sawyer
- 首席锯木工；锯木组长
- After three years, he became the head sawyer at the mill.三年后，他成为这家锯木厂的首席锯木工。
- sawyer beetle
- 天牛（钻蛀枯木的甲虫）
- The sawyer beetle's larvae bore into dead wood.天牛的幼虫会钻进枯木中。
- pine sawyer
- 松天牛
- The pine sawyer is common in eastern North America.松天牛在北美东部很常见。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
sawyer 由 saw（锯子）+ -yer（人）组成，想象一个人拿着锯子锯木头的画面。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：职业介绍与招聘信息、木材加工或伐木行业、历史或文学描述 sawyer 指以锯木为职业的人，属于中性词，通常用于正式或专业场合，比较常见于职业介绍、林业或木材加工相关描述；日常口语中较少单独使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
复数形式为 sawyers。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Useful sound matches: saw, law, paw, jaw and straw share the stressed vowel sound of sawyer (the 'saw' sound), though they are one syllable and do not rhyme with the whole word /ˈsɒːjə/. Spelling lookalike lawyer is pronounced /ˈlɔɪə/, with a different stressed vowel (/ɔɪ/), so it does not rhyme with sawyer.
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