单词 | skilled |
释义 | skilledadj. 1. a. Of persons: Possessed of skill or knowledge; properly trained or experienced. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] prettyOE hagherc1175 slyc1175 skilful1338 cunning1382 subtlec1390 subtilea1393 appertise1484 sleighta1513 practicatec1550 skilled1552 right-sided1575 canny1628 skilly1768 Oorlam1881 heads up1913 shit-hot1942 multi-skill1970 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Calleo To be well skilled in the law. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 91 Gentlemen, well skil'd in Musicke. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. ii. 127 The parts of the Egyptian learning, in which the Scripture tells us Moses was skill'd. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 291 The Persians are skill'd..to shoot flying. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xv. 31 And Sthenelus, in Battle skill'd; Or skill'd to guide with steady Rein..his Chariot. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 148 More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 44 We are..skilled, both in active and sedentary recreations. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 76 Sarsfield..was little skilled in the administration of war, and was still less skilled in civil business. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 114 Some hand Skilled to bend the bow. b. In attributive use. (Now common.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [adjective] > having a trade or craft craftiousc1443 traded1605 skilled1843 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 484/2 An unusual influx of skilled labourers into any employment. 1856 E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. Introd. 18 Furnishing him with warlike ammunition and with skilled engineers. 1857 J. W. Donaldson Christian Orthodoxy 436 A general designation of professional or skilled workmen. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 475 Every physician and every skilled artist does all things for the sake of the whole. 2. Of work: Requiring or showing skill. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > displaying or requiring skill well-doneeOE craftyOE craftful?c1335 craftsmanlike1547 skilfulc1595 artist1603 skilled1776 knowing1793 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 124 The policy of Europe considers the labour of all mechanicks, artificers, and manufacturers, as skilled labour. View more context for this quotation 1860 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. 91 Every branch of public administration is a skilled business. 1876 A. S. Murray Mythol. (1877) iii. 43 He..seems more the patient god of skilled metal-working. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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