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单词 workshop
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workshopn.

Brit. /ˈwəːkʃɒp/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌʃɑp/
Forms: see work n. and shop n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., shop n.
Etymology: < work n. + shop n.
1.
a. A room, small building, etc., in which goods are manufactured or repaired.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [noun]
workhouseOE
officinec1425
shopc1450
working-house1474
working place?1505
frame housea1555
workshop1556
framing house1559
working-shop1566
shophouse1567
frame building1574
operatory1651
shopping1684
officina1832
atelier1882
craft shop1896
skunk works1960
1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 59 Neither can the workshoppe [L. officina] truly haue in it any gentlemanly doing.
1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Alexander the Great, passing on a time by the workeshop of Apelles, curiouslie surueyed some of his doinges.
1649 C. Hoole Easie Entrance Lat. Tongue ii. 246/2 A work shop, officína.
1698 E. Settle Glory's Resurrection 3 A Large and Spacious Work-shop of several Artificers.
1714 Post Man 13 Nov. (advt.) The Dwelling House..is to be Let, or part of it, with a convenient Work Shop.
1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 191 Supreme beauty is seldom found in cottages or work-shops.
1813 T. Clarkson Mem. W. Penn xviii. 335 All prisons were to be considered as workshops.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ii. 5 What was observable in the furniture, was observable in the Veneerings—the surface smelt a little too much of the workshop and was a trifle stickey.
1901 Act 1 Edw. VII c. 22 §149 The expression ‘workshop’ means..any premises, room or place, not being a factory, in which..or within the close or curtilage or precincts of which..any manual labour is exercised.
1970 Pop. Mech. Dec. 111/1 The grid ceiling permits an easy flow of air in the workshop.
2011 C. Stevens Never Knowing iii. 40 I was out in my workshop, scrubbing varnish off my hands.
b. figurative and in extended use: a (notional) place in which things are produced or created; spec. a centre of industry; frequently in workshop of the world.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > place of production or creation
shop1517
workhouse?1533
workshop1561
childbed1568
factory1618
laboratory1654
elaboratory1667
hotbed1693
mill1771
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 81v Vnclennesse and defiling of the fleshe. Let euery man thynke wt himselfe out of what workshop [L. officina] these things be come.
1645 S. Marshall Gods Master-piece 29 This goodly world..is set up onely as a shop, as a Work-shop to stand onely for a week.
1716 Nature Display'd i. iv. 59 Man represents the Universe by his Brain, being the Work-shop of his animal Spirits.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 62 Two accurate treatises, which come from the workshop of the Benedictines.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. v. 67 Fergus's brain was a perpetual workshop of scheme and intrigue. View more context for this quotation
1838 B. Disraeli in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 41 939/2 To suppose that..the continent would suffer England to be the workshop for the world.
1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 8 The workshop of Nature.
1900 W. P. Ker Ess. Dryden Introd. p. xxi If he cannot explain the secrets of the dramatic workshop.
1950 J. Jenks From Ground Up xxi. 215 We became for a time not only the workshop of the world, but its merchant, carrier, and banker as well.
2005 J. T. Cumbler N.E. & Midwest U.S.: Environmental Hist. v. 129 Pittsburgh was a veritable workshop, and its air hung heavy with charcoal smoke.
2. Originally U.S. A meeting or conference at which the participants engage in intensive discussion and activity relating to a particular subject or project; an organization or group established for this purpose.In early use chiefly with reference to the study of drama and creative writing; cf. workshop v.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > seminar
workshop1912
clinic1919
seminar1944
teach-in1965
ovular1986
1912 Writer (Boston) Feb. 21/2 A theatrical laboratory..a combination workshop and theatre, where plays written by students can be produced.
1937 N.Y. Times 1 Aug. vi. 5/3 The major requirement for admission to this Summer workshop is an approved project for which the applicant seeks aid and advice.
1959 Ottawa Citizen 14 Sept. 6/1 At a conference or ‘workshop’ on road safety sponsored by the Ontario Department of Transport recently, there was general agreement that much more must be done to improve driving standards.
1972 Computers & Humanities 7 96 The participants then divided into four workshops and, after five intensive meetings, reconvened to present their findings at the fourth and final plenary session.
2012 G. Baker Politicizing Ethics in Internat. Relations p. vi Just before this book went into production, I hosted a workshop on hospitality in international political thought.

Compounds

General attributive.
a. In sense 1, as workshop bench, workshop tool, etc.
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1839 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 9 No. 44. 514 His workshop window fronted his garden.
1869 J. G. Winton (title) Modern Workshop Practice as applied to marine, land, and locomotive engines.
1902 Daily Chron. 29 Apr. 3/5 The workshop system answers because the master works with his men, and gets the best out of them.
1970 Pop. Mech. June 177/1 You can drill it and saw it with common workshop tools.
2005 ‘A. Halam’ Siberia 17 She reached under the workshop bench, and pulled out a nail box.
b. In sense 2, as workshop participant, workshop programme, workshop series, etc.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [adjective] > teach-in or seminar
workshop1917
seminar1948
1917 L. B. Powell Community Theatre iv. 67 This workshop idea of Professor Baker's has been developed by one of his pupils.
1941 Educ. Res. Bull. 20 120 The hour from 3:00 to 4:00 is reserved for a general assembly of all workshop participants.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. b2/3 Local residents considered..17 consumer protection items suggested by workshop groups conducted on Thursday.
1983 National Trust Spring 24/1 Group discussions were led by the Company's seven actor/teachers in a ‘workshop’ atmosphere concentrating on the social history of the early eighteenth century.
1990 N.Y. Mag. 24 Sept. 146/2 Youth in Performing Arts, a workshop series for teen-agers.
2007 D. James et al. in D. James & G. Biesta Improving Learning Cultures in Further Educ. v. 98 The workshop programme was a planned but flexible series of sessions which allowed students to find a balance with other commitments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

workshopv.

Brit. /ˈwəːkʃɒp/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌʃɑp/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: workshop n.
Etymology: < workshop n.
transitive. To develop or improve (something) by means of a workshop (workshop n. 2); spec. (Theatre) to stage an experimental or preliminary performance of (a dramatic work) in this way, typically incorporating improvisation and group discussion, in order to explore and refine aspects of the production prior to formal staging.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > present workshop performance
workshop1961
1961 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 14 Mar. 3/5 All new figures and material are work-shopped at these dances.
1973 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 July 14/7 Most of the new Australian plays that are hitting the market come as the result of the plays being workshopped.
1985 Guardian 29 Apr. 21/7 What we lack in Britain is any Off-Broadway-style house where you can workshop a musical and lick it slowly into shape.
1990 Sunday Times 6 May e1/5 There is no system in the commercial sector for workshopping material, there's no way to stop when you realise that you need to have a think about something.
2006 Time Out N.Y. 26 Jan. 135/3 We were workshopping the play last summer.
2007 P. Krause Acts of Love (2008) 241 I was one of many happy writers whose first book was published after it was workshopped at Fort San.

Derivatives

ˈworkshopping n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > other types
début1751
vehicle1785
benefit1802
showpiece1810
ticket-night1812
yatra1827
command1839
lollipopa1849
party piece1851
roadshow1874
one-night stand1878
stand1878
one-man show1879
small1886
command performance1897
ticket benefit1898
frivol1903
run-through1905
pre-production1906
riot1909
one-nighter1916
gala performance1932
improv1953
warm-up1958
workshopping1966
impro1979
1966 Colorado Springs Gaz.-Tel. 22 Oct. 10/1 Page..has been Square Dance Editor..for many years, allowing him to keep abreast of developments in square dancing by continual workshopping of the many materials sent in from all over the world.
1992 Independent 22 July 19/1 Barr's play, Richard IV, is one of five new plays selected for several days of workshopping with professional actors, directors, and a dramaturg.
2003 M. Smith Res. Methods Accounting (2004) xi. 171 Internal and inter-university workshopping should have already been used to iron out flaws of construction and presentation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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