taker

/ˈteɪkə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈekɚ] /ˈteɪkər/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈekɚ] /ˈtāk How to pronounce take (audio)/ (ame, mw)

taker — noun

1. A person who willingly accepts an offer or takes something freely available — fo

1.名詞B1
釋義

A person who willingly accepts an offer or takes something freely available — for example, a free item, a job vacancy, or a place in an activity.

例句

Camille offered free piano lessons to beginners and quickly found several takers.

find + takers collocation

When the library announced free book giveaways, takers arrived early that morning.

同義詞
  • recipient

    more formal and neutral — a recipient gets something whether or not they actively want it

  • buyer

    specific to paid transactions — a buyer purchases, whereas a taker merely accepts

反義詞
  • giver

    the person who offers, not the one who accepts

文法句型

taker + of + noun phrase

用法筆記

Common in the construction 'find/have + (number of) + takers' when describing the response to an offer.

常見錯誤

❌She was a taker of the gift.
✅She accepted the gift.
💡'taker' is not used with a possessive determiner to describe the recipient of a single gift; it describes a person's general willingness to accept.

2. Very few people or no people at all who are willing to accept an offer or reques

2.名詞B2
釋義

Very few people or no people at all who are willing to accept an offer or request — always appears in negative constructions such as 'no takers' or 'few takers'.

例句

Apinya asked for help moving furniture, but there were no takers.

there were no takers — fixed negative phrase

Kian offered twenty dollars for someone to clean the garage, but there were few takers.

few takers — only a small number interested

文法句型

there were no takers

find few takers

have no takers

用法筆記

This sense almost always appears in negative contexts — 'no takers', 'few takers', 'not many takers'. The positive form ('there were takers') belongs to sense 1.

常見錯誤

❌There were some takers for his idea.
✅There were some people interested in his idea.
💡The positive form with 'takers' belongs to sense 1 (accepting an offer); sense 2 is reserved for negative constructions.

3. A person who puts a medicine, drug, or similar substance into their body, either

3.名詞B2
釋義

A person who puts a medicine, drug, or similar substance into their body, either on a regular schedule or for a particular condition.

例句

The doctor advised all takers of the new medicine to drink plenty of water.

taker + of + medicine — specifying the substance

Ilan was a regular taker of painkillers after his knee surgery.

同義詞
  • user

    broader — 'user' covers any substance (drugs, alcohol, tobacco) and is more common in everyday English

  • patient

    specific to medical contexts — implies a person under treatment, not just someone taking a substance

文法句型

taker + of + drug/medicine

drug taker

用法筆記

Often preceded by a time descriptor ('regular', 'long-term', 'daily') or the name of the substance ('drug taker', 'medicine taker'). In medical writing, 'taker' is neutral; in everyday speech it may carry a negative connotation when referring to illegal drugs.

常見錯誤

❌He is a taker of coffee.
✅He drinks coffee.
💡'taker' is not used for food or drink; it is restricted to drugs and medicines.

4. Someone fulfilling a role in which they physically seize, keep, or watch over a

4.名詞B2
釋義

Someone fulfilling a role in which they physically seize, keep, or watch over a person or an item — for instance, a 'hostage taker', 'test taker', or 'ticket taker'.

例句

The hostage taker finally released all the people inside the bank.

compound noun: hostage taker

Test takers must turn off their phones before the exam begins.

compound noun: test taker

同義詞
  • holder

    emphasises possession rather than the act of taking — a holder keeps something, a taker actively acquires it

  • collector

    implies systematic gathering of a type of item, not simply taking one thing

文法句型

[noun] + taker

taker + of + noun phrase

用法筆記

Most commonly appears in compound nouns (hostage taker, test taker, ticket taker, sample taker). The standalone form 'taker of [something]' is also used but sounds more formal.