A schoolteacher is a person whose job is to teach children at a school. We usually mean someone in a primary school or a secondary school — the schools you go to before university.

A schoolteacher是 a person一個人 whose job is to teach children at a school工作是在學校教小孩. We我們 usually通常 mean指的是 someone一個人 in a primary school or a secondary school在小學或中學裡 — the schools you go to before university也就是上大學之前唸的學校.

In everyday talk people mostly say teacher; schoolteacher is a little more exact, or a little more old-fashioned, when you want to mark “this person teaches at a school,” not at a university and not only in private lessons at home. A university teacher is a lecturer or a professor, not a schoolteacher, though learners often mix these up.

In everyday talk在日常對話裡, people人們 mostly大多 say teacher會說teacher; schoolteacher這個字schoolteacher是 a little more exact比較精確一點, or或者 a little more old-fashioned比較老派一點, when想強調 you want to mark "this person teaches at a school,"「這個人是在學校教書的」 not不是 at a university在大學, and而且 not only in private lessons at home也不只是在家教私人課. A university teacher一位大學老師 is是 a lecturer or a professor講師或教授, not不是 a schoolteacher schoolteacher, though不過 learners學習者 often常常 mix these up會把這些搞混.

You hear schoolteacher a bit more in American English; in Britain, teacher is the normal word unless someone is being careful.

You你 hear schoolteacher a bit more會比較常聽到schoolteacher in American English在美式英文裡; in Britain在英國, teacher是 is the normal word一般用字 unless除非 someone有人 is being careful講話比較講究.