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builder

noun
🔊/ˈbɪldə(r)/
🔊/ˈbɪldər/
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  1. a person or company whose job is to build or repair houses or other buildings建筑工人；建筑公司；营造商
    • We got a local builder to do the work for us.我们找了一家本地建筑公司为我们做这项工程。
    • The house looked like a builder's yard, with stacks of bricks and piles of sand in the garden.这所房子看起来像建筑工地，院子里满是一堆堆的砖和沙。
    Topics Jobsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • master
    • reputable
    • …
    builder + verb
    • build something
    phrases
    • builder’s merchant
    • builder’s yard
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  2. (usually in compounds通常构成复合词) a person or thing that builds, creates or develops something建筑者；创建者；开发者
    • a shipbuilder造船工人
    • Going on the course was a real confidence builder for me.去上这门课的确增强了我的信心。
    see also bodybuilder