florists
florists — 名詞
- floristssingular
- floristsesplural
1. a person whose job is to arrange and sell flowers in a shop
花店
花店工作人員；也指花店本身
a person whose job is to arrange and sell flowers in a shop
Nila asked the florist to use more white roses in the bouquet.
Nila 請花店店員在花束裡多加一些白玫瑰。
ask + florist + to-infinitive
The florist wrapped the sunflowers in brown paper and tied a ribbon around them.
花店店員用牛皮紙把向日葵包好，再繫上一條緞帶。
Mathieu trained as a florist for three years before opening his own little shop.
Mathieu 受訓成為花店店員三年後，才開了自己的小店。
After the wedding was called off, the florist kindly agreed to refund the deposit.
婚禮取消後，花店店員很客氣地同意退還訂金。
Dario's aunt has worked as a florist in the same shop since leaving school.
Dario 的阿姨從畢業後就在同一家店當花店店員。
Mira picked up pink tulips from the florists on her way home.
Mira 在回家的路上順便從花店買了一束粉紅色鬱金香。
There is a small florists next to the bakery that stays open until nine.
麵包店隔壁有間小花店，營業到晚上九點。
Takeshi ordered the funeral wreath from a florists near the hospital entrance.
Takeshi 從醫院大門附近的花店訂了喪禮花圈。
Amihan admired the fresh tulips in the window of the florists on the high street.
Amihan 很欣賞商業街上那間花店櫥窗裡的新鮮鬱金香。
Ayana stopped at the florists to buy a plant for her new flat.
Ayana 在花店停下來，為她在市區的新公寓買了一盆植物。
- flower arranger
more specific to the arranging skill; refers only to the person
- floral designer
more formal; implies professional training in flower arrangement
- flower shop
refers only to the shop, not the person who works there
- flower store
mainly American English; refers only to the shop
用法筆記
Also commonly refers to the flower shop itself by metonymy — 'I stopped at the florists' means the shop, not the person. In British English, the shop is often written as 'florist's'. Context and the determiner ('the' vs 'a') usually make the reading clear.
常見錯誤
2. someone who raises flowers and plants to sell them, usually from their own land
花農
種植花卉並自行銷售的生產者
someone who raises flowers and plants to sell them, usually from their own land or greenhouse
The florists at the Sunday market grow all their flowers on a small farm.
週日市集的花農在城外的小農場種植所有的花卉。
the florists at + place/event
Shirin buys her roses directly from local florists who never use chemical sprays.
Shirin 直接向從不使用化學噴劑的本地花農購買玫瑰。
buy directly from + florists
A group of florists from the valley supplies most of the city's wedding flowers.
來自山谷的一群花農供應了本市大部分的婚禮花卉。
Valentina talked with the florist about which lilies would last longest in a vase.
Valentina 跟花農聊了很久，想知道哪些百合插在花瓶裡最耐久。
Felix visited the florist's greenhouse to see the dahlias before they were cut.
Felix 去了花農的溫室，看看那些大麗花在採收前的樣子。
- flower grower
emphasises cultivation rather than selling
- floriculturist
technical, formal term used in agriculture
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1 (SHOP FLORIST), this meaning refers to someone who grows the flowers themselves rather than working in a retail shop.