单词 | masterclass |
释义 | masterclassn. 1. The most powerful or influential class in society. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] optimacy1579 aristocracy1651 great world1699 peerage1725 well-connected1788 governing class1795 patriciate1795 well-connected1831 caste1842 (the) salt of the earth1842 the leisured class(es1848 japonicadom1851 countyocracy1859 masterclass1861 proprietariat1872 four hundred1888 the Establishment1923 gratin1934 power élite1942 U1954 upper1955 topside1958 1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. ii. 38 Slavery is..corrupting to the master-class when they once come under civilized influences. c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 47 Note the constant drop in wages..Endorsed by every rag-time press That the master-class command. 1939 R. F. A. Hoernlé S. Afr. Native Policy 23 The poor white is psychologically handicapped by his tradition of membership of the master-class, expressed in contempt for ‘kafir-work’ and unwillingness to undertake it. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South ii. i. 109 The master class had at stake an immediate economic interest which the masses lacked. 2. A course or (later) a single class, especially in music, given by an expert to highly talented students. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > group of students or pupils class1560 siege1566 classis1643 reading party1781 lecture1848 study circle1882 seminar1889 study group1892 masterclass1901 1901 Monthly Musical Rec. Sept. 209/1 A pianoforte Master Class, under the direction of Prof. Max Pauer, will open during the present month of September. 1918 Manitoba Free Press 11 May 22/5 Word comes from the Ellison and White Musical bureau, of Portland, Oregon, that the great pianist, Leopold Godowsky, will conduct, for four weeks, commencing August 26, in Portland, a master class and private instruction. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 446 Pablo Casals conducting a master class. 1965 Listener 10 June 873/2 Master-class exercises in comparative semantics and applied imagery. 1973 Ms. Nov. 46/3 Ms. Rosenberger has worked out a variety of exercises like the one she suggested to the tense master-class student. 1990 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 19 July 9/2 These masterclasses in portrait and wedding photography are run by 12 ‘acknowledged masters’ in those fields. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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