wright
wright — 名詞
1. a person whose occupation is to make or build things, especially objects fashion
工匠；製造者
以手工製作物品（尤指木製品）的人
a person whose occupation is to make or build things, especially objects fashioned from wood — the word is now rarely used alone and appears mainly as the second part of compound nouns that name a specific trade, such as playwright, shipwright, or wheelwright
Amani learned the trade of a wright from her grandfather, who built chairs and tables.
Amani 從她祖父那裡學到了木工匠的手藝，她祖父會為村莊打造家具。
standalone use, rare in modern English
The medieval wright shaped wooden beams by hand using only an axe and a chisel.
中世紀的工匠只用斧頭和鑿子，徒手將木樑削成需要的形狀。
Before factories, every town needed a wright to build carts, doors, and roof frames.
在工廠時代來臨之前，每個城鎮都需要一名工匠來打造馬車、門板和屋架。
Mauricio trained as a shipwright, shaping oak planks for the hull of a sailing boat.
Maurico 接受造船工匠的訓練，學習如何為帆船的船體削製橡木板。
The old wheelwright fitted a new iron rim around the wooden cart wheel before sunset.
老車匠在日落前為木製馬車輪裝上了新的鐵製輪框。
- craftsman
broader in meaning; can apply to any skilled maker, not limited to wood or historical trade names
- builder
more general and modern; focuses on construction rather than woodworking
- woodworker
more specific to working with wood, but less common than carpenter
文法句型
wright + of [material]
usually in compound nouns: play+wright, ship+wright, wheel+wright
用法筆記
Outside of fixed compound nouns (playwright, shipwright, wheelwright, cartwright), the standalone noun wright is considered archaic and is rarely used in everyday speech. Learners are most likely to encounter wright as part of a person's surname or in historical writing about medieval trades. The compound usually indicates the material or product of the craft: shipwright works on ships, wheelwright on wheels, playwright on plays.
常見錯誤
2. Joseph Wright (1734–1797), known as Wright of Derby, an English painter famous f
約瑟夫·萊特
英國畫家，以燭光場景和工業主題聞名
Joseph Wright (1734–1797), known as Wright of Derby, an English painter famous for dramatic scenes lit by candlelight and for paintings of early industrial subjects, such as 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'
Joseph Wright painted 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump' in 1768.
Joseph Wright 在1768年創作了《氣泵裡的鳥實驗》。
title of best-known painting
The Derby gallery has a large collection of paintings by Joseph Wright.
德比市的藝術館收藏了大量 Joseph Wright 的畫作。
Shanti learned about Joseph Wright in her art history class at university.
Shanti 在大學的藝術史課上學到了 Joseph Wright 的相關知識。
Wright painted factories and scientific experiments during the industrial age.
Wright 在工業時代描繪了工廠和科學實驗場景。
用法筆記
This is a biographical entry for the English painter Joseph Wright (1734–1797), commonly referred to as 'Wright of Derby.' His name appears in art history texts and museum catalogues. The surname Wright in this context refers to a specific historical figure, not to the trade described in sense 1.
3. Orville Wright (1871–1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), American brothers who
萊特兄弟
發明並試飛世界上第一架動力飛機的兄弟檔
Orville Wright (1871–1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first successful powered aeroplane, making their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903
The Wright brothers tested their flying machine on the sandy beaches of North Carolina.
萊特兄弟在北卡羅來納州的海灘上測試他們的飛行器。
Eleni read how the Wright brothers solved the problem of steering a flying craft.
Eleni 讀了一本關於萊特兄弟如何解決飛行器轉向問題的書。
A model of the Wright brothers' 1903 aeroplane hangs in the national air museum.
萊特兄弟1903年飛機的模型掛在國家航空博物館內。
The Wright brothers' first flight lasted only twelve seconds.
萊特兄弟的首次飛行只持續了十二秒。
用法筆記
This is a biographical entry for the American aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright, collectively called 'the Wright brothers.' Their surname is strongly associated with the invention of the aeroplane. This sense refers to the historical figures — not to the common-noun meaning of wright.
4. Richard Wright (1908–1960), an American author and essayist best known for his n
理查·萊特
美國作家，以種族議題小說聞名
Richard Wright (1908–1960), an American author and essayist best known for his novels 'Native Son' (1940) and 'Black Boy' (1945), which explore themes of racial injustice and the African American experience in the early twentieth century
Richard Wright's novel 'Native Son' follows a young man's life in 1930s Chicago.
Richard Wright 的小說《Native Son》講述1930年代芝加哥一名年輕人的生活。
author of 'Native Son' and 'Black Boy'
Quan wrote a school essay comparing Richard Wright and the poet Langston Hughes.
Quan 寫了一篇學校作業，比較 Richard Wright 與詩人 Langston Hughes 的作品。
Richard Wright's autobiography 'Black Boy' describes his childhood in the southern United States.
Richard Wright 的自傳《Black Boy》描述了他童年時期在美國南方的經歷。
Many literature courses include Richard Wright's writings on racial injustice.
許多文學課程都納入了 Richard Wright 書寫種族不平等的作品。
用法筆記
This is a biographical entry for the American writer Richard Wright (1908–1960). His works are widely studied in American literature courses. The surname Wright here refers to the author, not to the trade meaning of the word.