音标:英 [ˈmeɪkə(r)],美 [ˈmekɚ]
n. 制造者,制造商;[法]签署本票的一方;上帝;〈古〉诗人
复数:makers
具体物品制造者:指生产或制作实物的个人、企业或机构。
例:an electric coffee-maker(电咖啡壶)
例:Japan's two largest car makers(日本最大的两家汽车制造商)
抽象概念制定者:指决策、政策、法律等的制定者。
例:a decision/law/policy maker(决策者/立法者/政策制定者)
例:Who is the policy maker in this company?(这家公司里谁是决策者?)
宗教或哲学含义:大写时特指“上帝”或“造物主”。
例:If it doesn't work, send it back to the maker.(如果不管用,就把它退还给制造厂家。)此句中“maker”也可理解为宗教语境下的“上帝”
例:That's a question between him and his maker.(这个问题只有他和他的造物主明白)
| 短语 | 含义 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|
| decision maker | 决策人 | First, a decision maker should know what alternatives are available. |
| coffee maker | 咖啡壶;咖啡机 | an electric coffee-maker(电咖啡壶) |
| film maker | 电影导演;电影制作人 | a new film from the makers of ‘Terminator’(《终结者》制作班底新作) |
| market maker | 做市商;市场制造者 | [经]从事欧洲债券二级市场交易的银行 |
| policy maker | 政策制定者 | Hildebrand is not the only western policy maker... |
| trouble maker | 惹事生非的人 | He is a trouble maker. You must be distant with him. |
| maker space | 创客空间(动手创造的共享场所) | A maker space is a place which can be in a school... |
If it doesn't work, send it back to the maker.(如果不管用,就把它退还给制造厂家。)
The cake maker shakes a naked snake with the quaking rake without sake.(蛋糕制作者平白地用抖动的耙子摇一条赤裸的蛇。)
The dress maker gathered the cloth to the narrowest part of the waist.(裁缝把布料向衣服腰间最窄的位置收拢。)
PDF417 Barcode Maker also can output a barcode to a picture file.(PDF417条码生成器还可将条码输出为图片文件。)
It will hook up with Elpida Memory, Japan's sole maker of memory chips.(它将与日本唯一的内存芯片制造商尔必达内存合作。)
A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.(家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。)
Every article bears the stamp of the maker.(每件商品上都有制造者的标记。)
Dainichi is the second largest car maker in Japan.(大日是日本第二大汽车制造公司。)
Simon Lane quickly found his niche as a busy freelance model maker.(西蒙·莱恩很快找到自己的定位,成为一名忙碌的 freelance 模型制作师。)
Auto makers and tech companies are working hard to offer the first true self-driving car.(汽车制造商和科技公司正全力研发首款真正的自动驾驶汽车。)
随着“创客文化”兴起,“maker”常指动手创造新事物的人,或参与“创客运动”(Maker Movement)的爱好者。例如:
DIY maker(自制爱好者):He is a DIY maker who loves building things from scratch.(他是喜欢从零开始制作东西的DIY爱好者。)
maker space(创客空间):We can find many tools in the maker space.(创客空间里有许多工具。)
首字母大写:表示“上帝”时需大写首字母(Maker),如:But the maker of the fog doubted that now.(但雾气的制造者(此处可指上帝)现在起了疑心。)
复合词形式:常与其他词组合成复合名词,如:bread maker(面包机)、tool maker(模具钳工)、ice maker(制冰机)等。
从工业制造商到数字时代的创客,“maker”的内涵始终围绕“创造”这一核心,既承载着传统工艺的传承,也象征着现代创新的活力。你认为“maker”一词的演变是否反映了社会对创造