1
a [adj] turner
指操作车床的工人。
He is a skilled turner.
他是一位熟练的车工。
车工
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
车工
a person who operates a lathe
He is a skilled turner.
他是一位熟练的车工。
旋转的人或物。
One who or that which turns.
杂技演员或体操运动员,尤其是(历史上)德国体操协会的成员,德国裔美国人的体操俱乐部,也作为民族主义政治团体。
An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
患有特纳综合征的人。
A person who has Turner syndrome.
在车床上旋转和成型木材等的人。
A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
The turner carefully shaped the metal rod on the lathe.
车工在车床上仔细地塑造金属棒。
My grandfather was a skilled turner who made furniture legs.
我祖父是个熟练的车工，制作家具腿。
The apprentice learned from the master turner how to cut threads.
学徒向大师傅学习如何切削螺纹。
指操作车床的工人。
He is a skilled turner.
他是一位熟练的车工。
指体育协会的会员，常用于德国体操传统。
She is a turner in the local gymnastics club.
她是当地体操俱乐部的一名会员。
Not this
He hired two turner to work in the lathe shop.
Use this
He hired two turners to work in the lathe shop.
英语中可数名词“turner”需要与数量词一致，复数形式加-s。中文没有复数标记，所以容易忽略。
Not this
He can turner the wood well.
Use this
He can turn the wood well.
“turner”是名词“车工”，而“turn”才是动词“车削”。学习者可能受中文翻译影响，将名词直接用作动词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
熟练的车工
The skilled turner produced precise metal parts.
这位熟练的车工生产出精确的金属零件。
学徒车工
The apprentice turner learned to read blueprints.
学徒车工学习阅读蓝图。
专业车工
A professional turner can operate multiple lathes.
专业车工能操作多台车床。
车工的车床
The turner's lathe was recently calibrated.
车工的车床最近校准过了。
我的名字是纳特·特纳。
In the 2016 film 'The Birth of a Nation', the protagonist Nat Turner declares his identity before leading a slave rebellion.
在2016年电影《一个国家的诞生》中，主角纳特·特纳在领导奴隶起义前宣布了自己的身份。
Use turner naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
车工转动工件，体育会员转身参与。
Industrial workshop (lathe operator) or sports club (member); neutral register.
Words like 'burner', 'learner', and 'earner' rhyme with 'turner' as they share the same stressed vowel and ending sound. Be cautious with lookalikes that do not share this pronunciation.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.