chandlery
chandlery — 名詞
- chandlerysingular
- chandleriesplural
1. a shop near a harbour where the owners of boats can buy ropes, sails, paint, and
船具行
販售船舶用品的店
a shop near a harbour where the owners of boats can buy ropes, sails, paint, and other things they need on the water.
Darius walked into the old chandlery to buy new rope for his fishing boat.
Darius 走進那家老船具行，為自己的漁船買新繩索。
go/walk into the chandlery
A small chandlery stood at the end of the harbour, painted bright blue.
一家小船具行位於港口盡頭，外牆漆成亮藍色。
a chandlery + locative phrase
The Watanabe family has run the village chandlery for almost a hundred years.
Watanabe 一家已經經營這家村裡的船具行將近一百年。
Romi ordered a new anchor from a chandlery in Plymouth last week.
Romi 上週向 Plymouth 的一家船具行訂購了一個新錨。
Most coastal towns once had a chandlery, but online shops have replaced many of them.
多數沿海小鎮以前都有船具行，但網路商店已取代了許多家。
- ship chandler's
old-fashioned phrase for the same kind of shop
- marine store
more modern, everyday phrasing in British and American English
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2: this sense names the place; sense 2 names the goods sold there.
常見錯誤
2. ropes, sails, paint, tools, and similar goods used on boats and ships, viewed as
船舶用品
船上使用的繩、帆、漆等物資
ropes, sails, paint, tools, and similar goods used on boats and ships, viewed as the things a marine shop sells.
Allison loaded boxes of chandlery onto the deck before the long voyage.
Allison 在這趟長途航行之前，把好幾箱船舶用品搬上了甲板。
load chandlery onto a boat
The warehouse near the docks stored chandlery for every fishing crew in town.
碼頭旁的倉庫存放著鎮上每一支漁船隊伍的船舶用品。
store chandlery (uncountable)
Captain Andrés counted the chandlery in the hold and noted what was missing.
Andrés 船長清點了船艙裡的船舶用品，並記下缺少的項目。
Most of the chandlery on this small sailing yacht was bought second-hand.
這艘小型帆船上的船舶用品大多是二手買來的。
Talia checked the chandlery list before signing for the delivery from the harbour.
Talia 在港口簽收貨物之前，先核對了船舶用品的清單。
- ship's stores
common phrase for the same kind of supplies
- marine supplies
modern, plain-English alternative
用法筆記
Uncountable in this sense; never pluralised. Subject or object is usually a boat, ship, or marine store.
常見錯誤
3. a small room in an old house or castle where candles were kept ready to be lit.
蠟燭儲藏室
古宅或城堡中存放蠟燭的小房間
a small room in an old house or castle where candles were kept ready to be lit.
Élise opened the chandlery door and lit one of the long white candles.
Élise 推開蠟燭儲藏室的門，點燃了其中一支長長的白蠟燭。
open the chandlery + take a candle
The castle's chandlery still smelled of wax three centuries after the last candle was made.
城堡裡的蠟燭儲藏室在最後一次製燭三百年之後，仍然散發著蠟的氣味。
chandlery as a historical room
Hari found an old map showing the kitchen, the pantry, and the chandlery.
Hari 找到一張舊地圖，上面標出了廚房、食物儲藏室和蠟燭儲藏室。
Servants once collected fresh candles from the chandlery every evening before sunset.
僕人從前每天日落前都會從蠟燭儲藏室取出新的蠟燭。
- candle room
plain modern phrase for the same kind of space
- wax store
less common; emphasises raw wax rather than finished candles
用法筆記
Historical or literary; modern houses do not have one. Often appears in descriptions of castles, abbeys, or large country houses.