| 单词 | prowess |
| 释义 | prowess (once / 1067 pages) n Prowess means exceptional skill or ability. Your sailing prowess might save your life in a storm, while someone with less experience might make mistakes. An earlier meaning of this word is exceptional bravery in battle, or a specific act of bravery. Prowess is from Middle English, from Old French proece, proesse, from prou, prud "good, capable, brave." The related English word proud has the now obsolete meaning of brave. WORD FAMILYprowess: prowesses USAGE EXAMPLESSamsung, the icon of South Korean technological prowess, suffered global humiliation with its recent recall of exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) They are the most effective American partner against the Islamic State in Syria, providing logistics and fierce fighting prowess. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) When we learn to unitask, to think more in line with Holmes’s detached approach, we may be doing more than increasing our observational prowess. New York Times(Dec 15, 2012) n a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation Syn|Hypo|Hyper art, artistry airmanship, aviation the art of operating aircraft eristicthe art of logical disputation (especially if specious) falconrythe art of training falcons to hunt and return fortificationthe art or science of strengthening defenses homileticsthe art of preaching horologythe art of designing and making clocks minstrelsythe art of a minstrel musicianshipartistry in performing music enology, oenologythe art of wine making puppetrythe art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows taxidermythe art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance telescopythe art of making and using telescopes ventriloquism, ventriloquythe art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) superior skill more than ordinary ability |
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