carpenter

英 ['kɑ?p(?)nt?] 美['kɑrp?nt?]

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復數:?carpenters;

carpenter 木匠

詞源同car, chariot , 原指制作馬車或戰車的人。

carpenter: carpenter: [14] Etymologically, a carpenter is a ‘maker of carriages’. The word comes, via Anglo-Norman carpenter, from late Latin carpentārius, originally an adjective derived from carpentum ‘two-wheeled vehicle’. This, like the similar and perhaps related Latin carrus, source of English car, was of Celtic origin. The generalization in meaning to ‘worker in wood’ took place before the word was borrowed into English.
carpenter (n.): "wood-worker," c. 1300 (attested from early 12c. as a surname), from Anglo-French carpenter, Old North French carpentier (Old French and Modern French charpentier), from Late Latin (artifex) carpentarius "wagon (maker)," from Latin carpentum "wagon, two-wheeled carriage, cart," from Gaulish, from Old Celtic *carpentom (compare Old Irish carpat, Gaelic carbad "carriage"), probably related to Gaulish karros (see car).

Also from the Late Latin word are Spanish carpentero, Italian carpentiero. Replaced Old English treowwyrhta, literally "tree-wright." German Zimmermann "carpenter" is from Old High German zimbarman, from zimbar "wood for building, timber," cognate with Old Norse timbr (see timber). First record of carpenter bee is from 1844. A carpenter's rule (1690s) is foldable, suitable for carrying in the pocket.

1. They are sleeping in the carpenter's shop directly above.: 他們正在正上方的木匠鋪子里睡覺。

2. He left school at 15 and trained as an apprentice carpenter.: 他15歲輟學，當上木工學徒。

3. Mr Carpenter is obviously a devotee of Britten'smusic.: 很顯然，卡彭特先生是布里頓音樂的狂熱愛好者。

5. She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter.: 她當木工學徒已是第二年了。