A company that makes steel. Steel is iron with a little carbon added, which makes it far stronger — it is what cars, buildings, ships and bridges are built from, so steelmakers are big, heavy industry, and their names are famous in business news.

A company一家公司 that makes steel生產鋼鐵的 Steel鋼(steel) is iron with a little carbon added是加了一點碳的鐵 which makes it far stronger這讓它強壯得多 it is what cars, buildings, ships and bridges are built from汽車、建築、船，和橋樑都是用它蓋的 so steelmakers are big, heavy industry所以steelmaker都是龐大的重工業 and their names are famous in business news它們的名字在財經新聞裡很有名

The word almost always means the company, not a person: 'the world's largest steelmaker' means a firm employing tens of thousands. If you want the person you say a steelworker.

The word almost always means這個字幾乎都是指 the company公司 not a person不是指一個人 'the world's largest steelmaker'「the world's largest steelmaker」 means a firm指的是一家公司 employing tens of thousands雇用了好幾萬人 If you want the person如果你要說那個人 you say a steelworker你要說steelworker

This is a newspaper and business word. You will meet it in headlines about prices, factories closing, trade fights between countries.

This is這是 a newspaper and business word一個新聞和商業用字 You will meet it你會遇到它 in headlines在標題裡 about prices, factories closing, trade fights between countries關於價格、工廠關閉、國家之間的貿易戰

Nobody uses it in conversation — you would not ask a new friend 'is your father a steelmaker?' English does this a lot in business writing: it names a whole company by what it produces. Carmaker, drugmaker, chipmaker, toymaker all work the same way, and once you see the pattern you can read all of them.

Nobody uses it沒有人會用這個字 in conversation在對話裡 you would not ask a new friend你不會問一個新朋友 'is your father a steelmaker?'「is your father a steelmaker?」 English does this a lot英文常常這樣做 in business writing在商業寫作裡 it names a whole company用一家公司生產的東西 by what it produces來稱呼整家公司 Carmaker, drugmaker, chipmaker, toymakerCarmaker、drugmaker、chipmaker、toymaker all work the same way都是同樣的道理 and once you see the pattern一旦你看懂這個規律 you can read all of them你就能看懂它們全部