Artifact



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 人工制品
• ［英］ n. 人工制品 ( object made by human beings)
• ［类］ archive : records / museum : artifacts ( 档案馆存放记录 / 博物馆存放史前遗物)
• ［记］ arti ( 技巧) +fact ( 制作) -> 制作出的东西 -> 人造物
• ［同］ 派生词: artifacts ( n. 史前遗物)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin arte by skill (ablative of art-, ars skill) + factum, neuter of factus, past participle of facere to do — more at arm, do
• Date: 1821
• 1.
  • a. something created by humans usually for a practical purpose; especially an object remaining from a particular period caves containing prehistoric artifacts
  • b. something characteristic of or resulting from a particular human institution, period, trend, or individual self-consciousness…turns out to be an artifact of our education system — Times Literary Supplement
• 2. a product of artificial character (as in a scientific test) due usually to extraneous (as human) agency
• • artifactual adjective

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