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

常見搭配
  • master confectioner
  • village confectioner
  • trained as a confectioner
  • supplied by the confectioner
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.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • master confectioner
  • village confectioner
  • Italian confectioner

常用片語

  • trained as a confectioner
  • apprenticed to a confectioner

介系詞搭配

  • confectioner in [place]
  • confectioner on [street]