distiller

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distiller — 名詞

  • distillersingular
  • distillersplural

1. a person or business that makes spirits — for example whisky, gin, vodka, or rum

1.名詞C1
釋義

蒸餾酒商

以蒸餾法製造烈酒的人或公司

a person or business that makes spirits — for example whisky, gin, vodka, or rum — by heating a liquid mixture and then collecting the alcohol vapour as it cools back into liquid.

例句

Vinícius works as a distiller at a small whisky brand in the Scottish Highlands.

Vinícius 在蘇格蘭高地一家小型威士忌蒸餾酒商工作，負責蒸餾製酒。

subject-complement pattern: works as a distiller

The family-run distiller near Kyoto has been making rice spirits for almost two hundred years.

京都附近這家家族經營的蒸餾酒商，釀製米酒已經將近兩百年。

company-noun reading: 'the distiller' = the business

常見搭配
  • craft distiller
  • whisky distiller
  • gin distiller
  • independent distiller
  • family-run distiller
同義詞
  • distillery

    the building or plant where spirits are made, not the maker themselves

  • spirits producer

    broader business term that covers larger commercial operations

  • brewer

    makes beer, not spirits — common point of confusion

文法句型

a distiller of [spirit]

用法筆記

Refers to both the person who does the work and the company that owns the equipment; context decides which reading applies. Distinguish from 'distillery', which is only the building or plant.

常見錯誤

Eli bought a bottle of wine from a famous distiller.
Eli bought a bottle of whisky from a famous distiller.
distillers make spirits (whisky, gin, vodka, rum), not wine or beer.
The distiller building is open to the public on weekends.
The distillery is open to the public on weekends.
use 'distillery' for the building or plant; 'distiller' is the maker.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • whisky distiller
  • gin distiller
  • rum distiller
  • craft distiller
  • independent distiller

常用片語

  • family-run distiller
  • small-batch distiller

介系詞搭配

  • distiller of [spirit type]