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单词 carpenter
释义
carpentercar‧pen‧ter /ˈkɑːpəntə $ ˈkɑːrpəntər/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcarpenter
Origin:
1100-1200 Old North French carpentier, from Latin carpentarius ‘carriage-maker’, from carpentum ‘carriage’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A solid carpenter is better, he seems more human, less institutional.
  • He also brought a carpenter and some posts and rough planks, and built a fence to keep the wolves away.
  • He was a carpenter earning about £120 a week.
  • It is tough to reform something that is shapeless and indifferent to improvement, like Jell-O in the hands of a carpenter.
  • Like a carpenter, we work to build your family the sturdiest, most reliable coverage possible.
  • My father was a carpenter and held a passionate but essentially utilitarian belief in education.
  • Our carpenter is aboard the Angelina, building a cradle for the bomb according to the specifications the Pentagon gave us.
  • You're wasted as a carpenter, or whatever it is you like to call yourself.
word sets
WORD SETS
basketry, nounbatik, nouncabinet-maker, nouncarpenter, nouncarpentry, nouncooper, nouncraft, nouncraft, verbcraftsmanship, nouncraftswoman, nounlathe, nounloom, nounpokerwork, nounraffia, nounsaddler, nounsaddlery, nounstain, verbstain, nountie-dye, verbturner, nounvarnish, verbveneer, nounveneered, adjectiveweave, verbweave, nounweaver, nounwhittle, verbwoodcarving, nounwoodwork, noun
carpentersomeone whose job is making and repairing wooden objects
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