1. 1鋼鐵工人、煉鋼工人。指在鋼廠裡工作的人;新聞裡常整群出現(罷工、裁員)。跟 steelmaker(公司)要分清楚。

    A person whose job is making steel, working in the factory where iron is melted and turned into steel. It is hot, heavy, dangerous work, traditionally done by men in large groups, and the word carries all of that with it.

    a person whose job is making steel工作是煉鋼的人, working in the factory在工廠裡工作 where iron is melted and turned into steel把鐵熔化、變成鋼的地方. it這 is hot, heavy, dangerous work是又熱、又重、又危險的工作, traditionally done by men in large groups傳統上是一大群男人一起做的, and而且 the word carries all of that with it這個字也帶著這整個印象.

    Steelworkers appear in English mostly as a group rather than one by one: steelworkers went on strike, thousands of steelworkers lost their jobs, a steelworkers' union. Whole towns in Britain, America and Wales grew up around a single steelworks, and when the works closed the town emptied — so the word often arrives in a sentence about hard times, pride, and communities fighting to keep their work.

    steelworkers appear in English mostly as a group rather than one by one在英文裡出現時大多是一整群、而不是一個一個: steelworkers went on strike鋼鐵工人罷工了, thousands of steelworkers lost their jobs成千上萬的鋼鐵工人失業了, a steelworkers' union一個鋼鐵工人工會. whole towns in Britain, America and Wales英國、美國和威爾斯的整座城鎮 grew up around a single steelworks圍繞著一座鋼廠發展起來, and而且 when the works closed工廠關閉時 the town emptied城鎮就空了 — so所以 the word often arrives in a sentence about hard times, pride, and communities fighting to keep their work這個字常常出現在講困難時期、尊嚴,以及社區努力保住工作的句子裡.

    It is an ordinary, respectful word with no formal or informal edge to it; a steelworker will call himself a steelworker. Keep it apart from : the worker is the human being, the maker is the company that employs him.

    it這 is an ordinary, respectful word是一個平常、帶著敬意的字 with no formal or informal edge to it沒有正式或非正式的分別; a steelworker鋼鐵工人 will call himself a steelworker自己也會這樣稱呼自己. keep it apart from steelmaker要把它跟steelmaker分開來: the worker isworker是 the human being那個人, the maker ismaker是 the company that employs him雇用他的公司.

core核心畫面

組成steel + worker. Worker is work plus -er, the ending that turns an action into the person who does it. Attach a workplace or material to worker and you name the job: farmworker, dockworker, factory worker, office worker.

同家族的字

  • steelmakershares steel — the company, where this is the person
  • steelworksshares steel and work — the factory a steelworker works in
  • workerthe second half on its own, and the root of the pattern
  • dockworkersame pattern: the place of work plus worker

原始詞典資料3 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。

Steelworkernoun

  • 1

    A member of the North American trade union United Steelworkers.

steelworkernoun

  • 1

    A person who works in a steel mill.

    • Near-synonym: steelman
    • The steelworkers went on strike that year, and so did the autoworkers.
  • 2

    A person employed to build steel structures.

    • The steelworkers and electricians went on strike, halting construction.

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