A wheelwright was a skilled worker whose job was making and mending wooden wheels — the tall spoked wheels of carts, wagons and horse-drawn carriages. It was a serious trade with years of training: shaping the spokes, fitting them into the hub, then heating an iron rim and shrinking it on tight.

A wheelwrightWheelwright was a skilled worker是一種技術工人 whose job was making and mending wooden wheels工作是製作和修理木製車輪 the tall spoked wheels of carts, wagons and horse-drawn carriages就是馬車、貨車、四輪馬車那種高大的輻條輪 It它 was a serious trade with years of training是一門需要多年訓練的正式行業 shaping the spokes削製輪輻 fitting them into the hub把它們裝進輪轂 then heating an iron rim and shrinking it on tight再把鐵製輪圈加熱後緊縮箍上去

Because cars and rubber tyres replaced carts, the job almost disappeared, so we nearly always meet the word in the past tense, in history books, museums, and stories set long ago. A few wheelwrights still work today, restoring old carriages.

Because因為 cars and rubber tyres replaced carts汽車和橡膠輪胎取代了馬車 the job almost disappeared這個職業幾乎消失了 so所以 we我們 nearly always meet the word in the past tense幾乎總是在過去式裡遇到這個字 in history books, museums, and stories set long ago出現在歷史書、博物館、和以前時代為背景的故事裡 A few wheelwrights今天仍有少數wheelwright（造輪師傅） still work today在工作 restoring old carriages負責修復老式馬車

The word also lives on as a very common family name, Wheelwright, in the same way Smith and Baker do — surnames in English often came from a family's old trade.

The word這個字 also lives on as a very common family name, Wheelwright也作為一個很常見的姓氏Wheelwright流傳下來 in the same way Smith and Baker do就像Smith（史密斯）和Baker（貝克）一樣 surnames in English often came from a family's old trade英文的姓氏常常來自一個家族從前的行業

It is a countable noun. Note the spelling: it ends -wright, with a silent w and gh, and it sounds exactly like "right" and "write", which trips up nearly everyone.

It這 is a countable noun是一個可數名詞 Note the spelling注意拼法 it它 ends -wright字尾是-wright with a silent w and gh w和gh都不發音 and it它 sounds exactly like "right" and "write"發音跟「right」和「write」一模一樣 which trips up nearly everyone這點幾乎人人都會搞混