| 单词 | workmanship |
| 释义 | workmanship (once / 1465 pages) n The noun workmanship can describe the hard work and skill that go into making something or working at a task — and it can also describe a quality of a handmade object that is skillfully crafted. You show workmanship when you labor carefully over a project, and the beautiful hooked rug you create also shows workmanship. If your shop teacher admires the workmanship of your wooden footstool, she is complimenting the quality of your work. The fourteenth century meaning of workmanship was simply "laboring," and later it came to include the idea of "skill in work." WORD FAMILYworkmanship: workmanships+/workman: workmanlike, workmanship, workmen/workmanlike: unworkmanlike USAGE EXAMPLESThe organization said it will participate in area industry-specific trade shows and brand the region as a recognized symbol of quality workmanship and products. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The restoration costs their efforts and investment into materials and workmanship. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) He personally peddled his handiwork from a wagon and eventually gained a reputation for fine workmanship. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) n skill in an occupation or trade Syn|Hypo|Hyper craft, craftsmanship housecraft skill in domestic management priestcraftthe skills involved in the work of a priest stagecraftskill in writing or staging plays tradecraftskill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage watercraftskill in the management of boats woodcraftskill in carving or fashioning objects from wood coup de theatrea sensational bit of stagecraft accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill an ability that has been acquired by training |
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