| 单词 | carpenter |
| 释义 | carpenter (once / 388 pages) nv A carpenter is a person who makes things out of wood. You could hire a carpenter to build you a dining room table and two long benches. Carpenters specialize in woodworking, making furniture and buildings from wood and repairing various wooden things. If you wanted beautiful handmade wooden cabinets in your kitchen, you'd hire a carpenter. The word has been around since the 14th century, but it's been a common last name for even longer. It comes from the Late Latin carpentarius, "wagon maker," with its root word carpentum, "wagon." WORD FAMILYcarpenter: carpentered, carpentering, carpenters, carpentry+/carpentry: carpentries USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s the state’s earliest remaining example of “Carpenters Gothic” style architecture. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Inside, carpenters, electricians and designers scrambled to complete work on the $7.5 million lodge in the run-up to its official opening late last month. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Carpenter played collegiately at Virginia Tech before recording 165 tackles and 14 interceptions in his six-year NFL career with the Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects Exp|Hyper Joseph (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus woodman, woodsman, woodworker makes things out of wood 2v work as a carpenter Hyper work exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
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