craft

英 [krɑːft] 美 [kræft]

• n. 工艺；手艺；狡诈；船舶；航空器；行会成员
• vt. 手工制作；精心制作

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]工艺,手艺

   skill, especially with one's hands

2. [C]行业,职业

   all the members of a particular trade or profession as a group

3. [U]诡计,手腕

   skill in deceiving people

4. [C]小船,船

   a boat or ship

5. [C]飞机; 飞船

   an aircraft of spacecraft

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 手艺，工艺，技巧，技能，技术
2. 手腕，诡计
3. 行业，职业
4. 同业，同行，行会
5. 飞机，船，飞船，航天器
6. 行会成员
7. 手工业

v. 动词

1. <美>精巧地制作，精心制作
2. 手工制作

英英释义

Noun:

1. the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

   "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
   

2. a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

3. people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

   "he represented the craft of brewers"
   "as they say in the trade"
   

4. skill in an occupation or trade

5. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Verb:

1. make by hand and with much skill;

   "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He graduated from a school of crafts and arts.
   他毕业于一所工艺美术学校。
2. He learned his craft from an old master.
   他从一位老匠人那儿学得他的手艺。
3. By crafts the gambler tricked them out of all their money.
   那个赌徒用诡计赢去了他们所有的钱。
4. Hundreds of small craft accompany the liner into harbour.
   数百只小艇随同这艘班轮驶入港湾。
5. The astronauts piloted their craft down to the lunar surface.
   宇航员驾驶宇宙飞船在月球表面降落。
6. We must fight for our honorable craft.
   我们必须为行会的荣誉而奋斗。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He told us a carefully crafted story.
   他给我们讲了一个精心编织的故事。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.
   他在老家学会了木雕手艺。
2. Weaving was the town's chief craft.
   纺织是该镇的主要行业。
3. He used a certain amount of craft to make the sale.
   他为这次买卖使了些手腕。
4. The harbor was full of pleasure craft.
   港口满是游艇。
5. They piloted their craft down to the lunar surface.
   他们驾驶太空飞船在月球表面降落。

经典引文

• With her it was very difficult to distinguish between craft and innocence.

  出自： J. Conrad

• One of the prisoners, a jeweller..had been crafting a present.

  出自： T. Keneally

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• land one's craft 把飞机降落到地面上
• learn a craft 学手艺
• practice a craft 从事某种行业
• use craft 使用骗术

形容词+～

• bombing craft 轰炸机
• chief craft 主要行业

介词+～

• by craft 用骗术
• with craft 有技巧地

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. craft作“小船”“飞机”解时,其复数形式不变。

词义辨析

boat，ship，canoe，steamer，vessel，craft

• 这些名词均含有“船”之意。
• boat泛指任何大小的船只，尤指靠划桨或风帆行进的无篷小船。
• ship含义广，一般指大轮船，如航海船只，内河航运船只。
• canoe指长而轻，用桨的小舟、独木船。
• steamer指靠蒸汽发动机为动力的船只。
• vessel多指运货或运人的大船。
• craft船只的集合名词，但可指单独的船只。

skill，art，craft

• 这些名词均含“技艺、技巧”之意。
• skill语气较强，指某人具有专门知识，精通业务，而且经验丰富又很熟悉。
• art最普通用词，侧重指某人完成某项工作的能力或操作技巧。
• craft和，指手脚灵巧，有技术和技能。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ability
• skill
• trade