cooper
cooper — 名詞
1. a skilled worker whose job is to build or fix big wooden barrels and similar con
桶匠
製作或修理木桶的工匠
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.
Lauren 在酒廠給她為期三年的學徒機會後，當上了一名桶匠。
become + trade: become a cooper
The cooper measured each oak stave carefully before shaping it with a special curved knife.
桶匠仔細測量每塊橡木板，再用一把特製彎刀將它削出弧度。
During the harvest festival, visitors watched a cooper fit iron hoops around a new wine cask.
豐收節期間，遊客們觀看桶匠將鐵箍套在新酒桶上。
When the brewery needed fifty new barrels, they hired a cooper from the north of the country.
啤酒廠需要五十個新酒桶時，他們從北方僱來了一名桶匠。
The old cooper's workshop smells of oak and sawdust, just as it did a hundred years ago.
老桶匠的工作坊散發著橡木和鋸屑的氣味，與一百年前一模一樣。
- 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
詹姆斯·庫柏
美國小說家，《最後的莫希干人》作者
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.
James Fenimore Cooper 在荒野逐漸消失的年代，寫下了關於美國邊疆的故事。
Feng read The Last of the Mohicans for his literature class and found Cooper's descriptions of the forest very vivid.
Feng 為文學課讀了《最後的莫希干人》，覺得 Cooper 對森林的描寫非常生動。
possessive: Cooper's descriptions
Many readers today consider James Fenimore Cooper one of the first great American novelists.
如今許多讀者認為 James Fenimore Cooper 是美國最早的偉大小說家之一。
Cooper's novel The Pioneers tells the story of a small frontier town in the late seventeen hundreds.
Cooper 的小說《先鋒》講述了一個十八世紀末邊境小鎮的故事。
3. Leon Neil Cooper (1930–2024), an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for
利昂·庫柏
美國物理學家，超導體諾貝爾獎得主
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.
Leon Cooper 在 1972 年因超導體方面的研究而共同獲得諾貝爾物理學獎。
Asher's professor mentioned Cooper pairs when explaining why some metals lose all electrical resistance at low temperatures.
Asher 的老師在解釋某些金屬在低溫下失去電阻的現象時，提到了庫柏對。
technical term: Cooper pairs
The Cooper pair theory changed the way scientists understand electricity and magnetism in certain materials.
庫柏對理論改變了科學家對特定材料中電與磁的理解方式。
Brown University, where Leon Cooper taught for many years, created a research centre named after him.
Leon Cooper 任教多年的布朗大學成立了一個以他名字命名的研究中心。
4. Peter Cooper (1791–1883), an American inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist
彼得·庫柏
美國發明家、慈善家，庫柏聯盟學院創辦人
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.
Peter Cooper 建造了美國第一台蒸汽火車頭，名為 Tom Thumb。
Eric applied to Cooper Union because the college offers free tuition to all admitted students.
Eric 申請了庫柏聯盟學院，因為該校為所有錄取學生提供免費學費。
Cooper Union was founded by Peter Cooper in 1859 to provide free education in science and art.
庫柏聯盟學院由 Peter Cooper 於 1859 年創立，旨在提供免費的科學與藝術教育。
The museum displayed a model of the Tom Thumb locomotive that Peter Cooper designed and built in the 1830s.
博物館展出了 Peter Cooper 在 1830 年代設計和建造的 Tom Thumb 火車頭模型。
cooper — 動詞
1. to build or fix a wooden barrel or similar container as part of the trade of a c
製桶
以桶匠手藝製作或修補木桶
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.
Nellie 仔細地修整了舊酒桶，酒莊主人稱讚了她的手藝。
direct object: coopered + casks
The apprentice spent the whole summer learning how to cooper oak barrels the traditional way.
學徒花了整個夏天學習如何以傳統方式製作橡木桶。
Before the festival, Ziad coopered forty small tubs for the cider tasting event in the village.
節日前，Ziad 為村莊的蘋果酒品飲活動製作了四十個小桶。
If a whisky barrel springs a leak, a skilled worker must come and cooper it again.
如果威士忌桶出現裂縫，就必須請熟練的工匠來重新修補。
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
從事桶匠
以製作或修理木桶為職業
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.
Ishaan 從在赫雷斯完成訓練後，就一直為同一家雪莉酒生產商製作木桶。
intransitive with for: coopered + for + employer
When steel tanks took over, fewer people wanted to cooper and the old skills began to disappear.
鋼製儲存槽普及後，願意從事桶匠工作的人變少了，古老的技藝也開始失傳。
Stefan coopers part-time for a small craft brewery and teaches barrel-making at weekends.
Stefan 兼職為一家小型精釀啤酒廠製作木桶，週末還開設製桶工作坊。
The old man had coopered all his life and could tell the quality of a cask just by tapping it.
那位老人一輩子都在製作木桶，只要輕敲一下就能判斷酒桶的品質。
文法句型
cooper + (for + employer / duration)