baker

IPA/ˈbeɪkə(r)/
KK[bˈekɚ]IPA/ˈbeɪkər/

baker — noun

  • bakersingular
  • bakersplural

1. Someone who earns a living by making bread, cakes, pastries, and other oven-bake

1.名詞B1
釋義

Someone who earns a living by making bread, cakes, pastries, and other oven-baked food for customers.

例句

Ayesha starts work before sunrise to bake bread for the morning rush.

work before sunrise — common baker routine

The hotel hired João as a baker for its weekend dessert buffet.

hire someone as a baker

同義詞
  • pastry chef

    focuses more on desserts and pastries than on everyday bread

  • confectioner

    more strongly associated with sweets and candy than with bread

文法句型

a baker

work as a baker

become a baker

用法筆記

Usually countable. It can refer to someone working in a bakery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen, not only to the owner of a shop.

常見錯誤

My uncle is a baker because he sells fish at the market.
My uncle is a baker because he makes bread and pastries every morning.
💡a baker works with baked food, not other kinds of market goods.

2. A store where people buy loaves, pastries, and cakes, often baked in the same pl

2.名詞B1
釋義

A store where people buy loaves, pastries, and cakes, often baked in the same place.

例句

Charlotte stopped at the baker's to buy rye bread before school.

go to the baker's — shop meaning

By six o'clock, the village baker's had a line of customers outside.

同義詞
  • bakery

    the most common general word for the shop, especially in American English

  • cake shop

    suggests a stronger focus on cakes and sweets than on bread

  • pastry shop

    focuses more on pastries and desserts than on everyday loaves

文法句型

the baker's

go to the baker's

buy something from the baker's

用法筆記

Most often heard as 'the baker's', especially in British English. American English more commonly uses bakery for the shop itself.

常見錯誤

Let's meet outside the baker when the shop opens.
Let's meet outside the baker's when the shop opens.
💡when you mean the shop, English usually adds 's or uses 'bakery'.