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An open metal container — often a bowl or a pierced metal box on legs — that you burn charcoal or wood in. Its job is heat and light out of doors: night workers, market traders, guards, and people at winter street protests stand around one to keep warm, and you see them at outdoor bars and .
An open metal container一個開口的金屬容器 — often通常是 a bowl一個盆 or或 a pierced metal box on legs一個有孔洞、裝了腳架的金屬箱 — that你可以 you burn charcoal or wood in在裡面燒木炭或木材. Its它的 job工作 is is heat and light out of doors提供戶外的溫暖和光線: night workers夜間工作者, market traders市場攤販, guards警衛, and和 people at winter street protests冬天上街抗議的人 stand around one圍著它站 to keep warm取暖, and而 you你 see them會在 at outdoor bars and campsites戶外酒吧和露營地看到他們.
Some are made for cooking, so the word can shade into 'barbecue', and in older buildings and temples a brazier is the metal bowl where things are burned. In English it is a fairly or scene-setting word — in a novel about a cold night there is always a brazier; in everyday speech people often just say 'fire' or 'fire pit'.
Some有些 are made for cooking是為了烹飪做的, so所以 the word這個字 can可能 shade into帶點 'barbecue'「barbecue」的意味, and而 in older buildings and temples在古老建築和寺廟裡 a brazier一個brazier是 is the metal bowl where things are burned用來焚燒東西的金屬盆. In English在英文裡 it它 is is a fairly bookish or scene-setting word一個相當書面、營造場景感的字 — in a novel about a cold night在描寫寒夜的小說裡 there is always總會有 a brazier一個brazier; in everyday speech在日常口語裡 people人們 often通常 just say只會說 'fire'「fire」 or或 'fire pit'「fire pit」.
Say it 'BRAY-zher' or 'BRAY-zee-er'. Be aware of an unrelated older word spelled the same way, 'brazier' meaning a worker in brass; you will only meet that in old texts and in family names.
Say it唸作 'BRAY-zher' or或 'BRAY-zee-er'. Be aware of要注意 an unrelated older word一個拼法相同但無關的舊字 spelled the same way, 'brazier'「brazier」 meaning意思是 a worker in brass做黃銅工的工匠; you你 will only meet that只會在 in old texts舊文獻 and和 in family names姓氏裡 遇到那個意思.
組成From French brasier 'pan of hot coals', from Old French brese 'embers, hot coals' — a word of Germanic origin. That same brese gives English 'braise', cooking slowly over low heat. The other, unrelated brazier meaning 'brass worker' is simply brass + -ier.
原始詞典資料3 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。
Braziername
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A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.
braziernoun詞源 1/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
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A worker in brass; a brassworker.
braziernoun詞源 2/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
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An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
- One of them came forward, and, producing a lamp, lit it from his brazier (for the Amahagger when on a journey nearly always carried with them a little lighted brazier, from which to provide fire).
- At almost any time, while the boats weigh anchor, a small party can be seen in the stern, clustering about a charcoal brazier- a woman busy dishing out bowls of soup and macaroni, and men in palm-leaf hats, their bronzed bodies stripped to the waist, hurriedly scooping up steaming threads with the aid of long wooden chop-sticks.
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。