"wainwright" in Chinese (Simplified)
车匠
Definition
wainwright 指制造和修理马车或手推车的人,尤其是历史上传送货物或人的木制车匠。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
此词为历史性行业词汇,现代极少使用,仅在历史、文学或传统工艺语境中见到。不可用于汽车维修或现代车辆制造业。
Examples
The wainwright built a new wagon for the farmer.
**车匠**为农民造了一辆新车。
A wainwright repairs broken wheels on old carts.
**车匠**修理旧车的坏轮子。
My great-grandfather was a wainwright in his village.
我曾祖父在村里是个**车匠**。
Back in the day, every town needed a good wainwright to keep things moving.
过去,每个镇都需要一位出色的**车匠**来确保一切顺利运转。
You don’t hear about a wainwright much these days, except in history books.
如今除了历史书里,很少听到**车匠**这个词。
My daughter was fascinated when she met a real wainwright at the open-air museum.
我女儿在露天博物馆见到真正的**车匠**时非常着迷。