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单词 well-skilled
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well-skilledadj.n.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈskɪld/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈskɪld/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and skilled adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., skilled adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + skilled adj.
A. adj.
Having appropriate skill or knowledge (in a particular subject or area); properly trained or experienced; highly skilled.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > very or highly skilled
finea1350
exquisite1530
well-skilled1533
virtuoso1842
1533 J. More tr. D. de Góis Legacye Prester Iohn f. 23v The inhabytours of those partes, be as well skylled in both those languages, as in the language of theyr natyue countre.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) v. ii. sig. H.iij By your leaue I am not halfe well skilled in that arte.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 116 O thou wel skild in curses, staie a while, And teach me how to curse mine enemies. View more context for this quotation
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xi. 472 This then must stand, If while I liue, I rule in the command Of this well-skild-in-Nauigation State.
1637 J. Milton Comus 21 A certaine shepheard lad..Well skill'd In every vertuous plant, and healing herbe.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 477 Græa, her Fav'rite Maid, well-skill'd to cull The snowie Fleece.
1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 486 A gentleman well skilled in subterraneous geometry.
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xx. 347 O for one hour of Wallace wight, Or well-skilled Bruce, to rule the fight.
1871 H. Grote Let. 16 Feb. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 290 For six weeks G. G. has been under Dr. de Mussy's care, and a second physician well skilled in the management of renal disorders.
1925 Rotarian Jan. 18/1 They..went to work with a will that showed they were well skilled in team work.
1990 U.S. Black Engineer Spring 46 In order to get in the door, a person has to be technically competent, extraordinarily well skilled, and..prepared for whatever the environment is that they are being hired into.
2013 D. Reardon Blue Suede Shoes 37 Russell..was well skilled in carpentry.
B. n.
With the and plural agreement. Well-skilled people as a class.
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1840 I. Taylor Man Responsible 51 The unskilful, the incautious..are in every community..the dependents and clients of..the wise, the well-skilled.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 15 Jan. 1/3 Whist must be played by the unskilled as well as by the well-skilled.
1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Apr. iv. 15 The well-skilled and well-connected already are riding the third wave.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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