Carpenter



GRE 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 木匠
• ［英］ 木匠 ( person whose job is making wooden objects and structures)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French carpenter, charpenter, from Latin carpentarius carriage maker, from carpentum carriage, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish carpat chariot, carr vehicle — more at car
• Date: 14th century
• a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures or their structural parts

II. verb (-tered; carpentering)

• Date: circa 1815
• intransitive verb
  • to follow the trade of a carpenter <carpentered when he was young
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make by or as if by carpentry
  • 2. to put together often in a mechanical manner <carpentered many television scripts

出现过的地方

【类】taxonomist:classify＝carpenter:build分类学家擅长分类＝木匠擅长建造saw:carpenter＝scissors:tailor＝knife:butcher锯是木匠的工具＝剪刀是裁缝的工具＝刀是屠夫的工具"

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