| 单词 | world-craft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworld-craft world-craft n. †(a) a secular craft or art (obsolete); (b) skill in or knowledge of the ways of the world; = worldly wisdom n. (now rare). ΚΠ OE Ælfric 1st Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr. 201) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 130 Warniað nu eac, ic bidde, þæt ge beon beteran and wisran on eowrum gastlican cræfte to Cristes þenungum,..þonne þa worldmen sindon on heora worldcræftum. a1681 U. Oakes Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence (1682) 12 Many a man hath this world-craft that yet is a man of no deep or solid Understanding. 1840 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Eng. I. 87 William Rufus..had an abundant share of world-craft, and well knew how to adapt himself to his father's humour. 1915 G. W. Ogden Long Fight ix. 143 He was not schooled in worldcraft far enough to raise the point. < as lemmas |
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