| 单词 | woodworking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwoodˌworking ˈwoodˌworking n. the action of working in wood, the manufacture of wooden articles (also attributive); also, forestry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] woodwork1738 arboriculture1828 forestry1859 woodworking1872 sylviculture1880 silvics1907 agroforestry1934 tree farm1941 tree farming1942 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] tree-workc1275 carpentry1377 wrightinga1500 wrightrya1500 carpenter-work?1553 carpentership1574 wright-work1630 chipping trade1792 carpentering1838 woodcraft1853 woodworking1872 axemanship1893 woodwork1913 1872 J. Richards (title) A Treatise on the construction..of Wood-working Machines. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 418/1 Cabinet-file, a smooth, single~cut file, used in wood-working. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 71 We stroll through the woodworking-shops, where nothing is done by hand that can be done by machine. 1950 New Yorker 26 Aug. 71/1 Woodworking firms are making a candid twelve-per-cent profit. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization ii. 51 Their introduced steel tools must have materially lightened the labour of wood~working and clearing of brush-wood in agriculture. < as lemmas |
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