forger
forger — 名詞
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。
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。
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。
- 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。
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。
- 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.