A lumberjack is a person whose job is cutting down trees so the wood can be used. The picture many people have — a strong worker in a checked shirt, with an axe or a chainsaw, in Canada or the northern United States — is not an accident: the word is of Canadian origin.

A lumberjack is a person whose job is cutting down trees so the wood can be usedLumberjack指的是以砍樹為業的人，讓木材可以被使用。The picture many people have很多人腦中的畫面 — a strong worker in a checked shirt, with an axe or a chainsaw, in Canada or the northern United States是一個穿格子襯衫、拿著斧頭或電鋸，在加拿大或美國北部工作的壯漢 — is not an accident這並不是偶然: the word is of Canadian origin這個字本來就源自加拿大。

Today the work is often called logging, and the person a logger, but lumberjack is the word stories, songs, and cartoons still love, so it can feel colourful or a little old-fashioned rather than like a title on a modern contract.

Today the work is often called logging現在這份工作常被稱作logging（伐木業）, and the person a logger從業者則叫logger, but lumberjack is the word stories, songs, and cartoons still love但lumberjack仍是故事、歌曲和卡通喜愛使用的字, so it can feel colourful or a little old-fashioned rather than like a title on a modern contract所以它聽起來比較生動、有點老派，不像現代合約上的職稱。

In American English the wood itself is lumber; British English more often says timber for the same idea. There is a rare verb to lumberjack, meaning to do that work.

In American English the wood itself is lumber在美式英文裡，木材本身叫lumber; British English more often says timber for the same idea英式英文則比較常用timber表示同樣的東西。There is a rare verb to lumberjack, meaning to do that work還有一個罕見的動詞to lumberjack，意思就是做這份工作。