forger
forger — 名詞
- forgersingular
- forgersplural
1. a person who creates false copies of valuable objects such as money, official do
偽造者
非法複製貨幣、文件或藝術品以欺騙他人的人
a person who creates false copies of valuable objects such as money, official documents, or works of art, intending to deceive people into believing the copies are real.
The police arrested a forger who had been making fake passports for years.
警方逮捕了一名偽造者，他多年來一直製作假護照。
passive: arrested + forger — common crime-news pattern
Art experts at the museum discovered that Adina was a skilled forger.
博物館的藝術專家發現 Adina 是一名技術高超的偽造者。
The forger Mateo was sentenced to three years in prison for copying famous paintings.
偽造者 Mateo 因仿製著名畫作被判處三年有期徒刑。
forger + was sentenced to [duration] for [crime] — legal structure
The document forger used special paper and ink to make the letters look old.
這名文件偽造者使用特殊紙張和墨水，讓信件看起來像陳年舊物。
compound noun: document forger
The museum took months to realise a forger named Eliska had swapped the statue.
博物館花了數月的時間才發現，一名叫 Eliska 的偽造者調換了雕像。
- skilled forger
- professional forger
- convicted forger
- document forger
- passport forger
- counterfeiter
more specific to fake money or official currency
- faker
less formal and can also mean someone who pretends to have skills they lack
- fraudster
broader term for anyone who commits fraud, not limited to making physical fakes
- authenticator
a person who checks whether something is real or fake
文法句型
forger + of + [fake items]
用法筆記
Often appears in news reports about crime. The person or institution that is deceived is usually a buyer, a museum, a bank, or a government agency.
常見錯誤
2. a worker who heats metal until it is soft and then hammers it into shape, using
鐵匠
加熱並捶打金屬以製造工具的工匠
a worker who heats metal until it is soft and then hammers it into shape, using a furnace and anvil to make tools, horseshoes, decorative items, or other useful objects.
Nikhil works as a forger, shaping red-hot iron into gates and railings.
Nikhil 是一名鐵匠，將燒得通紅的鐵條打造成大門和欄杆。
works as + forger — occupation pattern
The old forger taught his son to hammer heated steel into sharp blades.
老鐵匠教兒子如何把加熱的鋼鐵捶打成鋒利的刀片。
Rachid bought a large copper cooking pot from a village forger in Marrakech.
Rachid 在馬拉喀什向一名村莊鐵匠買了一口大銅鍋。
A traditional forger can turn a metal bar into a knife or a farm tool.
傳統鐵匠能將一根金屬棒打造成刀具或農具。
traditional forger — historical and craft context
Jisoo's grandfather was a forger who made horseshoes and iron tools for local farmers.
Jisoo 的祖父是一名鐵匠，為當地農民製作馬蹄鐵和鐵製工具。
- village forger
- master forger
- traditional forger
- blacksmith
the most common modern term for someone who works with iron and steel
- smith
shorter form, often used in compounds such as goldsmith or silversmith
- metalworker
broader term covering any kind of metal shaping, not just forging
用法筆記
This sense is less common in modern everyday speech; blacksmith is the more widely used term. Forger survives mainly in historical writing and discussions of traditional crafts.