- 1足病醫師、足科醫師(英國說法;美國多說 podiatrist。店裡修腳的是另一回事)
A chiropodist is a person trained to look at feet and treat their injuries and diseases: sore nails, hard skin, bunions, infections, problems that make walking hurt. In Britain this is the older everyday name; you still see it on clinic doors.
A chiropodistchiropodist是a person trained to look at feet and treat their injuries and diseases受過訓練、專門檢查腳並治療腳部傷病的人:sore nails痛的指甲、hard skin硬皮、bunions拇趾外翻、infections感染、problems that make walking hurt讓走路會痛的各種問題。In Britain在英國,this is the older everyday name這是比較舊的日常說法;you still see it你還是會在on clinic doors診所門上看到它。
In American English the usual word is , which is the same kind of job under a newer name. It is a professional word, not slang, but it is not as common in Taiwan English class as doctor.
In American English在美式英文裡,the usual word is podiatrist常用的詞是podiatrist,which is the same kind of job under a newer name是同一種工作、換了個新名字。It is它是a professional word一個專業用詞,not slang不是俗語,but但它it is not as common in Taiwan English class as doctor在台灣的英文課裡沒有doctor那麼常見。
A chiropodist is not a beauty-shop nail worker, though some of the work (cutting nails, taking off hard skin) can look similar from the outside. And though actually, people mix this up with chiropractor, which sounds close: a chiropractor works on the back and joints, not on feet.
A chiropodistchiropodist不是is not a beauty-shop nail worker美容院修腳的人,though some of the work雖然部分工作內容(cutting nails剪指甲、taking off hard skin去硬皮)can look similar from the outside從外表看起來很像。And though actually而且事實上,people mix this up with chiropractor大家常把它和chiropractor搞混,which sounds close這兩個詞聽起來很接近:a chiropractorchiropractor則是works on the back and joints處理背部和關節,not on feet不是處理腳。
core核心畫面
組成chiropody (the care of feet) + -ist (a person who does that work).
同家族的字
- chiropodythe work this person is trained to do
- podiatrista later, mostly American name for the same kind of foot doctor; shares pod- (foot)
- chiropractorshares chiro- (hand), but a chiropractor works on the back, not the feet
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chiropodistnoun/kɪˈɹɒpədɪst/
- 1
A practitioner of chiropody.
- A chiropodist says, as long as people are fools enough to abuse their feet, the prospect for his employment is good.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。