释义 |
ˈwatchmaking, vbl. n. The making of watches.
1729Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 336 Watch-making..is come to a higher degree of perfection, than it would..if [etc.]. 1879Encycl. Brit. X. 148/2 Watchmaking was already carried to a high degree of perfection, under the influence of Charles Cusin, who had settled in the town [Geneva] in 1587. attrib.1871Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle's Lett. II. 219 An innocent, good lad, who has learned the watchmaking business. |