gamekeeper

/ˈɡeɪmkiːpə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡeɪmkiːpər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgām-ˌkē-pər/ (ame, mw)

gamekeeper — noun

  • gamekeepersingular
  • gamekeepersplural

1. someone employed on a country estate to look after the wild birds and animals th

1.名詞B2
釋義

someone employed on a country estate to look after the wild birds and animals that the owner allows people to shoot or hunt for sport.

例句

Eli has worked as the gamekeeper on Lord Ashby's estate for over thirty years.

noun phrase: the gamekeeper on [estate]

The gamekeeper rose before dawn to check the pheasant pens and repair the broken fence.

同義詞
  • warden

    broader term; can refer to public-land wildlife officers, while a gamekeeper specifically tends private hunting estates

  • groundskeeper

    looks after the land itself (lawns, paths); a gamekeeper focuses on the wildlife living on it

反義詞
  • poacher

    someone who illegally hunts game on the very land a gamekeeper protects

文法句型

a/the gamekeeper on/at [estate]

用法筆記

Subject is almost always a person employed by a private landowner; the role is closely linked with British rural estates where hunting and shooting are organised activities. Distinguish from 'park ranger' (public land, conservation focus) and 'hunter' (the person doing the shooting, not the carer).

常見錯誤

❌The gamekeeper hunts the deer for sport every weekend.
✅The gamekeeper looks after the deer so visitors can hunt them.
💡a gamekeeper cares for the animals; the people who shoot them are guests or hunters.
❌She works as a gamekeeper at the national park.
✅She works as a park ranger at the national park.
💡gamekeepers work on private estates, not on public conservation land.