释义 |
carpentercar‧pen‧ter /ˈkɑːpəntə $ ˈkɑːrpəntər/ ●●○ noun [countable] carpenterOrigin: 1100-1200 Old North French carpentier, from Latin carpentarius ‘carriage-maker’, from carpentum ‘carriage’ - 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.
► Craftsbasketry, 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 someone whose job is making and repairing wooden objects |