英语词汇“masterpiece”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	masterpiece
释义	masterpiece \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: probably translation of Dutch meesterstuk or German meisterstück 1. : a piece of work attesting to a craftman's professional skill and presented to his guild to qualify for admission to the rank of master < a masterpiece was nothing more than a graduation piece — Virgil Thomson > 2. a. : something done or made with extraordinary skill or brilliance : a supreme achievement < a masterpiece of organization — O.S.Nock > < delicious onion sandwiches are perhaps her masterpiece — Jane Nickerson > < a masterpiece of ecclesiastical statesmanship — T.S.Eliot > b. : a work of art of notable excellence or brilliance : a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement < the world's symphonic masterpieces > < the masterpieces of Elizabethan drama > < the artist may have many masterpieces — Encyc. Americana > specifically : an artist's most accomplished or climactic work marking the high point of his creativity < this delay in printing what was to prove his masterpiece — H.S.Canby > < his masterpiece … scarcely fulfills one of the conditions set forth in handbooks of rhetoric — English Journal > 3. : something that is a consummate example of or embodies in superlative degree some quality or trait < masterpieces of inept versification — American Guide Series: Michigan > < his masterpiece of bad writing — Edmund Wilson > < a masterpiece of fence-sitting — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
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