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A beautician is a person whose job is to make your skin, hair, nails, or makeup look better — the treatments you get in a salon, not surgery. They may clean skin, shape , paint nails, or help with makeup for a wedding.
A beautician美容師 is是 a person whose job is to make your skin, hair, nails, or makeup look better工作是讓你的皮膚、頭髮、指甲或妝容看起來更好的人 the treatments you get in a salon, not surgery是你在美容院會做的護理,不是手術 They他們 may clean skin, shape eyebrows, paint nails, or help with makeup for a wedding可能會清潔皮膚、修眉、畫指甲,或幫忙化婚禮妝
Though actually the edges of the job are messy. In British English, beautician is a normal everyday word. In American English, people often split the work: an esthetician (also spelled aesthetician) for skin, a cosmetologist for a wider license, a or stylist for hair. Younger city talk in the US may never say beautician at all.
Though actually不過事實上 the edges of the job這個工作的界線 are messy有點模糊 In British English在英式英文裡 beauticianbeautician is a normal everyday word是很普通的日常用詞 In American English在美式英文裡 people人們 often split the work常把這個工作拆開來說 an esthetician (also spelled aesthetician) for skin皮膚方面叫esthetician(也拼作aesthetician) a cosmetologist for a wider license執照範圍更廣的叫cosmetologist a hairdresser or stylist for hair頭髮方面叫hairdresser或stylist Younger city talk in the US美國年輕都市人的用語 may never say beautician at all可能根本不會說beautician這個詞
In a Taiwan salon the work is often split too: 美容師 for face and skin, 美髮師 for hair — even when both stand in the same shop.
In a Taiwan salon在台灣的美容院裡 the work這個工作 is often split too也常常被拆開 美容師 for face and skin臉部和皮膚叫美容師 美髮師 for hair頭髮叫美髮師 even when both stand in the same shop就算兩者是在同一家店裡
The word was coined around the 1920s in Cleveland, Ohio, as a blend of beauty and technician: someone technical about beauty, not merely “good at looking nice.” It is a job title, so it stays fairly plain and professional, not poetic.
The word這個詞 was coined around the 1920s in Cleveland, Ohio大約在1920年代由美國俄亥俄州克里夫蘭創造出來 as a blend of beauty and technician是beauty(美)和technician(技師)的混合詞 someone technical about beauty意思是對「美」很懂技術的人 not merely "good at looking nice."而不只是「很會弄得好看」 It它 is a job title是一個職稱 so it stays fairly plain and professional, not poetic所以用詞相當平實專業,不是詩意的說法
組成A blend of beauty + technician, first used in Cleveland, Ohio, around the 1920s.
同家族的字
- beautythe first half of the blend: looks, charm, loveliness
- technicianthe second half of the blend: a person trained in a practical skill
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
beauticiannoun/bjuːˈtɪ(t)ʃən/
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Someone who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments.
- Near-synonyms: hairstylist, hairdresser
- He was struck by the number of barbers’ saloons and ‘beauticians’.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。