cooper
cooper — noun
1. a skilled worker whose job is to build or fix big wooden barrels and similar con
a skilled worker whose job is to build or fix big wooden barrels and similar containers that are used for holding liquids like wine, beer, or whisky
Lauren became a cooper after the winery offered her a three-year apprenticeship in barrel making.
become + trade: become a cooper
The cooper measured each oak stave carefully before shaping it with a special curved knife.
During the harvest festival, visitors watched a cooper fit iron hoops around a new wine cask.
When the brewery needed fifty new barrels, they hired a cooper from the north of the country.
The old cooper's workshop smells of oak and sawdust, just as it did a hundred years ago.
- barrel maker
a more general term that any English speaker will understand right away, while 'cooper' is the traditional name for the trade
- cask maker
narrower in scope — focuses on smaller containers used mainly for wine and spirits
用法筆記
This trade is strongly linked to the wine, beer, and whisky industries. Fewer coopers work today because metal and plastic containers have replaced many wooden barrels.
2. James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), an American author who wrote famous historica
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), an American author who wrote famous historical novels about life on the frontier, especially 'The Last of the Mohicans'
James Fenimore Cooper wrote about the American frontier at a time when the wilderness was disappearing.
Feng read The Last of the Mohicans for his literature class and found Cooper's descriptions of the forest very vivid.
possessive: Cooper's descriptions
Many readers today consider James Fenimore Cooper one of the first great American novelists.
Cooper's novel The Pioneers tells the story of a small frontier town in the late seventeen hundreds.
3. Leon Neil Cooper (1930–2024), an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for
Leon Neil Cooper (1930–2024), an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for explaining how superconductivity works in certain materials
Leon Cooper shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1972 for his work on superconductivity.
Asher's professor mentioned Cooper pairs when explaining why some metals lose all electrical resistance at low temperatures.
technical term: Cooper pairs
The Cooper pair theory changed the way scientists understand electricity and magnetism in certain materials.
Brown University, where Leon Cooper taught for many years, created a research centre named after him.
4. Peter Cooper (1791–1883), an American inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist
Peter Cooper (1791–1883), an American inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist who founded the Cooper Union college in New York City
Peter Cooper built the first steam locomotive in the United States, which was called the Tom Thumb.
Eric applied to Cooper Union because the college offers free tuition to all admitted students.
Cooper Union was founded by Peter Cooper in 1859 to provide free education in science and art.
The museum displayed a model of the Tom Thumb locomotive that Peter Cooper designed and built in the 1830s.
cooper — verb
1. to build or fix a wooden barrel or similar container as part of the trade of a c
to build or fix a wooden barrel or similar container as part of the trade of a cooper
Nellie coopered the old wine casks so carefully that the vineyard owner praised her skill.
direct object: coopered + casks
The apprentice spent the whole summer learning how to cooper oak barrels the traditional way.
Before the festival, Ziad coopered forty small tubs for the cider tasting event in the village.
If a whisky barrel springs a leak, a skilled worker must come and cooper it again.
文法句型
cooper + noun phrase (barrel, cask, tub)
用法筆記
This transitive use is very rare in everyday English; people more commonly say 'make or repair a barrel' instead of using the verb 'cooper'.
2. to earn your living by practising the trade of making or fixing wooden barrels
to earn your living by practising the trade of making or fixing wooden barrels
Ishaan has coopered for the same sherry producer since he finished his training in Jerez.
intransitive with for: coopered + for + employer
When steel tanks took over, fewer people wanted to cooper and the old skills began to disappear.
Stefan coopers part-time for a small craft brewery and teaches barrel-making at weekends.
The old man had coopered all his life and could tell the quality of a cask just by tapping it.
文法句型
cooper + (for + employer / duration)