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woodcutter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Forestry, Occupations
wood·cut·ter /ˈwʊdˌkʌtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  TAFBOsomeone whose job is to cut down trees in a forest 伐木者
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woodcutterYou can replace the hunter with a woodcutter to reduce the atmosphere for violence.The delta is frequented by fishermen and woodcutters as well as by a healthy population of tigers.He was then living among peasants and woodcutters..A number of woodcutters and honey-hunters have fallen victim to Sunderbans tigers.Mungo watched him pile up the treble twenties, thinking of the small boy adopted by the woodcutter.I thought about the shot I had heard, and contemplated confronting the woodcutters.She escaped into the forest, where she found her friend the woodcutter.The astonished cashier told McGregor, an unemployed woodcutter, to come back later - then called the police.
wood·cut·ter nounChineseSyllable
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woodcutter
woodcutter /ˈwʊdˌkʌtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
someone whose job is to cut down trees in a forest


wood·cut·terBrE /ˈwʊdkʌtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwʊdkʌtər/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a person whose job is cutting down trees 伐木工