brickmaker
brickmaker — 名詞
1. a person whose job is to run a machine that shapes clay into bricks.
製磚工
操作製磚機器的工人
a person whose job is to run a machine that shapes clay into bricks.
At dawn, Ravi the brickmaker checked the wet clay beside the shed.
天一亮，製磚工 Ravi 檢查棚子旁的濕黏土。
job context: check wet clay before work
The village brickmaker repaired the molding machine before the first load.
村裡的製磚工在第一批材料進來前修好成型機。
typical task: repair the molding machine
For thirty years, Hana worked as a brickmaker near the river.
Hana 在河邊當製磚工已經三十年了。
pattern: work as a brickmaker
After lunch, two brickmakers stacked fresh bricks under a long roof.
午飯後，兩名製磚工把剛做好的磚塊堆到長棚下。
When the power failed, the brickmaker shaped the last bricks by hand.
停電後，那名製磚工用手做完最後幾塊磚。
contrast: shape bricks by hand
- skilled brickmaker
- local brickmaker
- work as a brickmaker
- repair the molding machine
- shape bricks by hand
- machine operator
broader; the machine may produce many things, not specifically bricks
- factory worker
much broader; it does not say what the person makes
- manufacturer
broader and often higher-level; it can mean a business owner or company, not the worker at the machine
文法句型
a brickmaker
work as a brickmaker
skilled/local brickmaker
用法筆記
Usually found in descriptions of factory or yard work, especially when the worker shapes clay with a machine. Distinguish from bricklayer, which means someone who builds with finished bricks.
常見錯誤
同根字
- brickmaking名詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- skilled brickmaker
- local brickmaker
- village brickmaker
常用片語
- work as a brickmaker
- train as a brickmaker