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单词 watchmaking
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.
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