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单词 watchmaking
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watchmakingn.

Brit. /ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɑtʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/, /ˈwɔtʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/
The making of watches.
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1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. vi. 336 Watch-making..is come to a higher degree of Perfection, than it would..if [etc.].
1879 Encycl. 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.
attributive.a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 219 An innocent, good lad, who has learned the watchmaking business.
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