finisher

/ˈfɪnɪʃə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfɪnɪʃər/ (ame, ipa) · /-shə(r)/ (ame, mw)

finisher — 名詞

  • finishersingular
  • finishersplural

1. someone (or an animal such as a horse) who reaches the end of a race or other at

1.名詞B2
釋義

完賽者

跑完或完成比賽的人或動物

someone (or an animal such as a horse) who reaches the end of a race or other athletic event — used especially when you want to note the rank, time, or simply the fact of crossing the line.

例句

Caio was the first finisher in the Rio half-marathon last Sunday.

Caio 是上週日里約半程馬拉松的第一位完賽者。

ordinal modifier: the first finisher

Of the eighty starters, only thirty-two were finishers by the time the storm hit.

八十位起跑者中，到暴風雨來襲時只剩三十二位是完賽者。

contrast with 'starters' to mean those who completed

同義詞
  • completer

    rare; mostly used in sports statistics writing

  • qualifier

    specifically someone who completed within a qualifying time, not just any finisher

反義詞

文法句型

countable noun

often with ordinal: the first/last/fastest finisher

用法筆記

Often paired with an ordinal or qualitative adjective (first, last, fastest, strong, late) to rank or describe how the runner / horse / car completed. Distinguish from sense 2: a race finisher is the competitor; sense 2 is the worker who applies the last manufacturing step.

常見錯誤

❌Bilal is a finisher of the race.
✅Bilal was one of the finishers of the race.
💡the noun is usually plural or modified by an ordinal, not used as a bare predicate.

2. a craft worker or factory machine whose job is the very last bit of making somet

2.名詞C1
釋義

收尾工

做產品最後一道工序的工人或機器

a craft worker or factory machine whose job is the very last bit of making something — polishing, painting, smoothing, or otherwise tidying the surface before the item is packed and sold.

例句

Élise trained as a leather finisher and now polishes handbags at a Paris workshop.

Élise 受過皮革收尾工的訓練，現在在巴黎一間工坊負責拋光手提包。

premodifier: leather finisher

The factory hired three new finishers to paint and pack the wooden chairs.

工廠新雇了三位收尾工，負責替木椅上漆和打包。

plural workforce noun in a manufacturing setting

同義詞
  • polisher

    narrower; only the polishing step, not painting or smoothing

  • decorator

    decorative finishing only; doesn't cover smoothing or assembly steps

文法句型

countable noun

often premodified by the material: a leather finisher, a furniture finisher

用法筆記

Usually preceded by the material or product type that names the specialism (leather finisher, furniture finisher, paint finisher). Refers to either a human craft worker or, in modern factories, an automated machine that performs the same last step. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about manufacturing, not racing.

常見錯誤

❌Vikram is a finisher.' (unclear what trade)
✅Vikram is a leather finisher.
💡almost always premodified by the material so the listener knows the specialism.