A turner is a craftsman who shapes wood or metal on a lathe. A lathe is a machine that spins the material round very fast while the worker holds a cutting tool against it — that is how you get a perfectly round chair leg, a bowl, or a metal rod of an exact size.

A turnerturner is a craftsman是一種工匠 who shapes wood or metal on a lathe在車床（lathe）上把木頭或金屬車成形狀。A lathe is a machinelathe是一種機器 that spins the material round very fast會把材料快速轉動，while the worker holds a cutting tool against it同時工匠拿著切削工具靠在上面——that is how you get a perfectly round chair leg, a bowl, or a metal rod of an exact size這樣就能做出完全圓的椅腳、碗、或尺寸精準的金屬棒

So a wood turner makes bowls and chair legs; a metal turner works in a factory or workshop cutting metal parts. In modern industry the job title you will see more often is machinist, but turner is still used, especially in Britain, and wood turner is very much alive as the name of a craft hobby.

So a wood turner makes bowls and chair legs所以wood turner做的是碗和椅腳；a metal turner works in a factory or workshop cutting metal partsmetal turner則在工廠或工坊裡車削金屬零件。In modern industry the job title you will see more often is machinist在現代產業裡你比較常看到的職稱是machinist，but turner is still used, especially in Britain但turner還是在用，尤其在英國，and wood turner is very much alive as the name of a craft hobby而wood turner也還很活躍，是一種手工藝嗜好的名稱

Two other things share this spelling and are worth knowing so you are not confused. First, in American kitchens a turner is the flat tool you use to turn food over in a pan — what most people simply call a spatula or a fish slice.

Two other things share this spelling還有兩個東西拼法一樣，and are worth knowing so you are not confused值得認識一下，以免搞混。First第一，in American kitchens a turner is the flat tool在美式廚房裡turner是一種扁平的工具，you use to turn food over in a pan用來把鍋裡的食物翻面——what most people simply call a spatula or a fish slice大部分人就直接叫它spatula或fish slice

Second, Turner with a capital T is a very common family name; the painter J. M. W. Turner is the famous one, and there is a British art prize named after him.

Second第二，Turner with a capital T大寫T開頭的Turner is a very common family name是很常見的姓氏；the painter J. M. W. Turner畫家J. M. W. Turner is the famous one是最有名的那一位，and there is a British art prize named after him還有一個以他命名的英國藝術獎

That is not an accident: like Smith, Baker, and Cooper, the surname started as the job. So a very ordinary word gave a very famous name.

That is not an accident這不是巧合：like Smith, Baker, and Cooper就像Smith、Baker、Cooper一樣，the surname started as the job這個姓氏最早就是從職業來的。So a very ordinary word所以一個非常普通的字 gave a very famous name產生了一個非常有名的姓

This is a low-frequency word for a learner. Recognise it; you are unlikely to need to say it.

This is a low-frequency word for a learner對學習者來說這是個低頻字。Recognise it認得它就好；you are unlikely to need to say it你應該不太需要自己講出來