woodcutter

/ˈwʊdkʌtə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈwʊdkʌtər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwu̇d-ˌkə-tər How to pronounce woodcutter (audio)/ (ame, mw)

woodcutter — noun

  • woodcuttersingular
  • woodcuttersplural

1. a person who earns money by cutting down trees in a forest and then cutting the

1.名詞B1
釋義

a person who earns money by cutting down trees in a forest and then cutting the wood into pieces that can be used, for example as firewood or building material

例句

Kian worked as a woodcutter in the mountain village until the forest was protected.

woodcutter + in [location] + until [event]

The old woodcutter showed Padma how to hold the axe properly.

the old woodcutter + showed [person] how to [verb]

同義詞
  • lumberjack

    more common in North America; suggests a professional logger who also handles the timber after felling

  • logger

    the standard modern professional term in the timber industry

  • feller

    technical term used within the forestry industry for someone who cuts trees down

文法句型

a/the woodcutter

woodcutter + verb in third-person singular

用法筆記

Frequently appears in traditional stories and fairy tales, such as the tale of The Honest Woodcutter. In modern professional contexts, the terms logger or lumberjack are more common in North America.

常見錯誤

❌My uncle is a woodcutter. He works in a factory making furniture.
✅My uncle is a woodcutter. He works in the forest cutting down trees.
💡A woodcutter works in the forest, not in a factory.