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单词 master
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masternoun [ C ]

uk/ˈmɑː.stər/us/ˈmæs.tɚ/

master noun [ C ] (CONTROLLER)

B2 the person who owns, cares for, and controls an animal:

With careful training, a dog will obey its master completely.

a person who employs a servant or owns a slave:

Servants had to obey their masters.

a person who has control over a particular situation:

She was the victim of her circumstances rather than the master of her fate.

the captain of a ship that carries goods :

Ship's masters are in charge of a ship, its crew and any cargo it is carrying, at sea and in port.

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  • The dog trotted obediently to his master.
  • The dog saved its master's life.
  • Masters could beat their slaves without fear of punishment.
  • Servants had to obey their masters.

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People in charge of or controlling other people

  • administrator
  • authority
  • bureaucrat
  • chairman
  • chairperson
  • giant
  • Goliath
  • guiding spirit
  • headman
  • helicopter parent
  • hierarchy
  • leader
  • marshal
  • on high idiom
  • operator
  • overlord
  • paymaster
  • pillar
  • powerhouse
  • your lord and master idiom

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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
Bosses & managers
Ship's officers

master noun [ C ] (SKILLED PERSON)

C2 a person who is very skilled in a particular job or activity:

He was a master of disguise.

a famous and very skilled painter:

This painting is clearly the work of a master.

More examples

  • James Brown is the master of funk.
  • He considered himself a master of witty banter.
  • He was a master of stratagem.
  • She was master of the sarcastic comment.
  • He is a master craftsman.

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Experts and specialists

  • a mine of information idiom
  • academician
  • authority
  • boffin
  • buff
  • child prodigy
  • doyen
  • high priest
  • hotshot
  • know sth inside out idiom
  • literati
  • maven
  • resident
  • skilled
  • superuser
  • supremo
  • techie
  • technician
  • technocracy
  • virtuoso

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Artists

master noun [ C ] (TEACHER)

UK old-fashioned a male school teacher:

Mr Wells was my Latin master at school.
Master

(in the UK) the head of some schools or university colleges :

The Master of St. John's College will be launching the appeal.
See also
headmaster

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Teachers

  • academician
  • associate professor
  • board of education
  • dean
  • docent
  • handler
  • headteacher
  • housemaster
  • housemistress
  • instructor
  • lecturer
  • mentor
  • professor
  • professorial
  • professorship
  • rector
  • residence
  • scribe
  • trainer
  • tutor

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master noun [ C ] (TITLE)

Master

old-fashioned used before the name of a boy who is too young to be called "Mr":

the letter was addressed to Master John Owen.

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Royalty, aristocracy & titles

  • accession
  • archduke
  • aristocracy
  • aristocrat
  • baron
  • ennoble
  • er
  • esquire
  • grace
  • hereditary peer
  • monarchist
  • Mr
  • Mrs
  • nobility
  • noble
  • sheikh
  • sire
  • sovereign
  • squire
  • sultan

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master noun [ C ] (COPY)

an original version of something from which copies can be made:

I sent her a copy and kept the master.
You should keep the master copy (= the original) in a safe place.

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Samples and examples

  • advertisement
  • aliquot
  • archetype
  • benchmark
  • classical
  • core
  • cross-section
  • for instance idiom
  • forerunner
  • illustration
  • instance
  • job
  • quintessence
  • role model
  • sample
  • showpiece
  • sort
  • specimen
  • swatch
  • taste

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Idiom(s)

be your own master

masterverb [ T ]

uk/ˈmɑː.stər/us/ˈmæs.tɚ/

master verb [ T ] (CONTROL)

to learn to control an emotion or feeling:

I finally mastered my fear of flying.

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Self-control and moderation

  • ahold
  • be in command (of yourself) idiom
  • collect
  • constraint
  • continent
  • cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
  • decorous
  • dignified
  • grip
  • impervious
  • lightly
  • mind over matter idiom
  • moderation
  • moderation in all things idiom
  • monastic
  • restrict
  • restrict yourself to sth
  • rise above sth
  • self-controlled
  • self-denial

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master verb [ T ] (LEARN)

to learn how to do something well:

to master a technique
She lived in Italy for several years but never quite mastered the language.
He quickly mastered the art of interviewing people.

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Learning & knowing

  • assimilate
  • autodidact
  • blended learning
  • bone up
  • brain training
  • by-heart
  • deskill
  • feel
  • gen up
  • hear tell (of) idiom
  • know better (than sb) idiom
  • knowable
  • mug
  • mug (sth) up
  • pick sth up
  • quick
  • reskill
  • revision
  • specialize
  • tell

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masteradjective [ before noun ]

uk/ˈmɑː.stər/us/ˈmæs.tɚ/

extremely skilled:

a master craftsman
a master chef

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Skilled, talented and able

  • able
  • ably
  • accomplished
  • adept
  • adroit
  • expert
  • gifted
  • handy
  • have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
  • have inner resources idiom
  • intimate 1
  • polished
  • practised
  • preen
  • proficient
  • proficiently
  • qualified
  • slick
  • with the best of them idiom
  • workmanlike

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