| 单词 | handiwork |
| 释义 | handiwork (once / 2636 pages) n Handiwork is something that you've done, achieved, or made, especially with your own two hands. When you hold up a pair of mittens you just finished knitting, you're admiring your handiwork. You can use the noun handiwork for the result of hard work, like a tidy, weeded and mulched garden or a handmade birdhouse. You can also look at something less positive, like a messy living room scattered with books that have been pulled from the shelves, and say to your two year-old cousin, "Is this your handiwork?" This word comes from the Old English handgeweorc, from hand and geweorc, "work." WORD FAMILYhandiwork: handiworks USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s no mistaking this one-two punch of a drink for the handiwork of a craft barman. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) It was the handiwork of Michael Curry, a special effects artist. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) The cathedral square is filled with tables, and servers scamper to keep the breeze from destroying their handiwork with the napkins. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) n a work produced by hand labor Syn|Hyper handcraft, handicraft, handwork piece of work, work a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing |
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