confectioner

IPA/kənˈfekʃənə(r)/
KK[kənfˈɛkʃənɚ]IPA/kənˈfekʃənər/

confectioner — 名詞

  • confectionersingular
  • confectionersplural

1. someone whose job is preparing chocolates, cakes, or candy, or a shop that produ

1.名詞C1
釋義

糖果商

製作或販賣糖果、巧克力、糕點的人或店家

someone whose job is preparing chocolates, cakes, or candy, or a shop that produces and sells those products.

例句

Yumi trained for six years as a confectioner before opening a chocolate shop in Kyoto.

Yumi 受訓六年成為糖果師傅，才在京都開了自己的巧克力店。

trained as a confectioner — describes the profession

The village confectioner had supplied wedding cakes to four generations of one family.

村裡的糕點師為這一家四代人都做過婚禮蛋糕。

the [village] confectioner — refers to a local shop

同義詞
  • chocolatier

    narrower — only someone who makes chocolate, not cakes or sweets

  • pastry chef

    overlaps for cakes and desserts; not used for someone who makes hard candy

  • candy maker

    American English equivalent; informal and product-specific

用法筆記

Refers either to the trained craftsperson or to the small shop they run; the shop reading is more common in British English.

常見錯誤

❌A confectioner sells fruit and vegetables.
✅A confectioner sells sweets and chocolate.
💡confectioners specialise in sugar-based products, not produce.