賺錢的那個人
手指停在人身上：句子關心的是這個人一年進帳多少，不是他做什麼工作。
noun · B2
Someone who earns money from the work they do. It is usually used with a word saying how much they earn or what kind of pay it is, as in high earner, average earner, or wage earner.
賺錢的人
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: picture money coming in through a door, and then point at whatever is bringing it. Whatever your finger lands on is the earner. Usually it lands on a person who works. Sometimes it lands on a shop, a crop, a weekend stall. The word never describes the thing itself, only its job of bringing money in — which is why it nearly always needs a word in front telling you how much, or what kind.
可以想成錢正從門口進來，然後你伸手指向「是誰／是什麼把錢帶進來的」。手指停在哪裡，哪裡就是 earner。多半停在一…更多收起
可以想成錢正從門口進來，然後你伸手指向「是誰／是什麼把錢帶進來的」。手指停在哪裡，哪裡就是 earner。多半停在一個上班的人身上。有時候停在一家店、一項農產、一個週末攤位上。這個字從來不描述那個人或那樣東西本身，只描述它「把錢帶進來」這件差事。也因為這樣，它前面幾乎一定要再加一個字，告訴你賺多少，或賺的是哪種錢。From the word’s history
The source builds the word as earn + -er. The -er ending names the one that does the action, and in English it does not have to be a person (compare opener, cooker), which is exactly why both a worker and a business can be an earner.
來源把這個字拆成 earn ＋ -er。-er 指「做這個動作的那一個」。英文裡這個 -er 不一定是人，像 opener、cooker 都是東西。這正好說明為什麼一個上班的人和一門生意，都可以叫 earner。
Wiktionary (kaikki snapshot 3f6f69a190036ae4), earner: etymology tree 'English earn … English -er … English earner. From earn + -er.'
Two branches
會賺錢的那樣東西
手指改停在東西上：同一個「把錢帶進來的那一個」，只是這次是一門生意、一項產品、一個攤位。
noun · C1
A business, product, or activity that brings money in, especially a lot of it. It is often used with a word saying what kind of money, as in export earner or foreign currency earner.
賺錢的事業／來源