a person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects and structures 木工；木匠 A master carpenter was in charge of teaching the apprentices. 一位木匠大师负责教徒弟。 He was apprenticed to a carpenter at the age of sixteen. 他16岁时就当了木匠的学徒。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French carpentier, charpentier, from late Latin carpentarius (artifex) ‘carriage (maker)’, from carpentum ‘wagon’, of Gaulish origin; related to car.