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a tanner
tanner 为可数名词，单数作主语或宾语时通常带冠词 a；一般不单独使用。表示“一个/一位制革工人”用 a tanner。
A tanner must master many techniques.
制革工人必须掌握许多技术。
制革工人；硝皮匠
tanners — plural of tanner
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
制革工人；硝皮匠
a craftsman who tans skins and hides
A tanner must master many techniques.
制革工人必须掌握许多技术。
以鞣制兽皮为业的人,即用鞣料将兽皮制成皮革者。
A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
几种Chionoecetes属蜘蛛蟹之一,尤其是Chionoecetes bairdi和Chionoecetes opilio。
Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
给他人皮肤上涂晒黑剂(尤其喷雾晒黑)的人。
A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
一种天牛,学名Prionus coriarius。
A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.
My grandfather worked as a tanner in a small town for thirty years.
我祖父在一个小镇当了三十年制革工人。
The tanner soaked the animal hides in a special solution to soften them.
制革工人把兽皮浸泡在特制溶液中使其变软。
In the past, tanners often lived near rivers because their work needed plenty of water.
过去，制革工人常住在河边，因为他们的工作需要大量用水。
tanner 为可数名词，单数作主语或宾语时通常带冠词 a；一般不单独使用。表示“一个/一位制革工人”用 a tanner。
A tanner must master many techniques.
制革工人必须掌握许多技术。
tanners 是 tanner 的复数形式，既可指具体多个制革工人，也可泛指整个职业群体，作主语时谓语用复数。
Tanners usually work with strong-smelling chemicals.
制革工人通常要接触气味很浓的化学品。
work as a tanner 表示“以制革工人为职业”；在 as 后接职业名词时，该名词前通常带 a/an。
She works as a tanner at a local leather workshop.
她在一家本地皮革作坊做制革工人。
Not this
My father is tanner.
Use this
My father is a tanner.
tanner 是可数名词单数，指“制革工人”，前面需要不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词概念，容易漏掉，所以应说 a tanner。
Not this
There are many tanner in this factory.
Use this
There are many tanners in this factory.
many 后接可数名词复数，tanner 的复数形式是 tanners；中文名词没有复数变化，容易漏加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
制革大师，熟练的制革工
The village had a master tanner who produced the finest leather.
这个村庄有一位制革大师，他能生产最优质的皮革。
以制革为业的人
He was a tanner by trade and could cure hides in any season.
他以制革为业，无论什么季节都能鞣制皮革。
制革学徒
The apprentice tanner learned to prepare the skins before tanning.
制革学徒学会了在鞣制前处理生皮。
制革这一行，制革手艺
His father taught him the tanner's trade when he was young.
他父亲在他年轻时教他制革手艺。
制革作坊
The tanner's workshop stood by the river, where water was plentiful.
制革作坊坐落在河边，那里水源充足。
疯疯癫癫；异常疯狂
He lives alone on the hill and is as mad as a tanner's cat.
他独自住在山上，疯疯癫癫的。
一文不值
Without its missing pages, this old book isn't worth a tanner.
这本书缺了几页，已经一文不值了。
Use tanners naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 tan（鞣皮）和表人的 -er 连起来：tanner 就是鞣制皮革的工匠。
语域：neutral 常见场景：职业介绍、历史资料、工艺说明 作“制革工匠”讲时，tanner 是比较中性的职业名词，多用于历史、工艺或职业介绍等语境，日常口语中不算高频。
这些词与 tanner 在英式非卷舌音中押韵，均读 /ˈ-ænə/：manner、banner、planner、canner、spanner。注意拼写近似的 tenner /ˈtenə/ 不押韵（元音为 /e/）；tanner 在美式英语中常读作 /ˈtænər/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.