schoolteacher

IPA/ˈskuːltiːtʃə(r)/
KK[skˈultˌitʃɚ]IPA/ˈskuːltiːtʃər/

schoolteacher — 名詞

  • schoolteachersingular
  • schoolteachersplural

1. a person who is employed to teach children and teenagers at a school, covering t

1.名詞B1
釋義

教師

在學校教授兒童與青少年的老師

a person who is employed to teach children and teenagers at a school, covering the grade levels from kindergarten through the final year of high school

例句

Wren has been a schoolteacher at a primary school for over twenty years.

Wren 在一所小學擔任教師已經超過二十年了。

collocation: at a [type of school]

The schoolteacher asked her students to bring leaves from their garden for a science project.

那位教師請學生從自家花園帶葉子來做科學專題。

常見搭配
  • elementary schoolteacher
  • primary school teacher
  • high school teacher
  • retired schoolteacher
  • substitute schoolteacher
  • former schoolteacher
同義詞
  • teacher

    broader term; used for anyone who teaches, including adults and college students

  • educator

    more formal; can include administrators and curriculum designers, not only classroom teachers

  • instructor

    often used for specific skills, sports, or short-term courses at any level

反義詞
  • student

    a person who learns from a teacher

用法筆記

Often shortened to 'teacher' in everyday conversation. The full form 'schoolteacher' is more common when contrasting with university-level instructors such as professors or lecturers.

常見錯誤

My uncle is a schoolteacher at Harvard University.
My uncle is a professor at Harvard University.
'schoolteacher' refers to kindergarten through grade 12, not university-level teaching.
The schoolteacher graded the final exams for her college calculus class.
The professor graded the final exams for her college calculus class.
schoolteachers work in elementary, middle, and high schools, not colleges or universities.

同根字

常見搭配

常用片語

  • work as a schoolteacher
  • train as a schoolteacher
  • qualify as a schoolteacher