| 单词 | guild |
| 释义 | guild (once / 1082 pages) n Another word for a club, group, or society is guild, meaning a group of people who have joined together in pursuit of a common interest. Many fraternal and theatrical organizations still maintain buildings called guild halls for meetings and activities. The earliest guilds were for religious purposes as burial societies and offering financial support. In the later Middle Ages, they became organizations to support various trades and crafts. As the forerunners of modern unions, they provided support for their members and were charged with assuring quality in each member's products. The word guild comes originally from the Scandinavian, with roots that mean "payment of tribute," similar to the German gelt ("money"), possibly to reflect the dues paid by members. WORD FAMILYguild: guilds USAGE EXAMPLESIn 1958, as chairman of the paper’s unit of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, he led a strike at the Star. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) According to the statement, the Art Directors Guild will present a tribute to Mr. Wong at its awards ceremony on Feb 11. Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) The deal also will increase employer contributions to the guild’s pension plan. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) n a formal association of people with similar interests Syn|Hypo|Hyper club, gild, lodge, order, social club, society athenaeum, atheneum a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning bookcluba club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices chaptera local branch of some fraternity or association chess cluba club of people to play chess country cluba suburban club for recreation and socializing frat, fraternitya social club for male undergraduates glee cluba club organized to sing together golf cluba club of people to play golf hunt, hunt cluban association of huntsmen who hunt for sport investors cluba club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly jockey cluba club to promote and regulate horse racing racket clubclub for players of racket sports rowing cluba club for rowers slate cluba group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas) sororitya social club for female undergraduates turnvereina club of tumblers or gymnasts boat club, yacht clubclub that promotes and supports yachting and boating service cluba club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services tennis cluba club of people to play tennis International Association of Lions clubs, Lions Clubclub dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare Rotary Club, Rotary Internationala group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace association a formal organization of people or groups of people |
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