craft是什么意思_craft怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

craft: craft: [OE] The original notion contained in the word craft is that of ‘strength’ (that is the meaning of its relatives in other Germanic languages, such as German and Swedish kraft). Old English croeft had that sense too (it had largely died out by the 16th century), but it had also developed some other meanings, which are not shared by its Germanic cognates: ‘skill’, for example (in a bad as well as a good sense, whence crafty) and ‘trade’ or ‘profession’.

Much later in origin, however (17th-century in fact), is the sense ‘ship’. It is not clear how this developed, but it may have been a shortening of some such expression as ‘vessel of the sailor’s craft’ (that is, ‘trade’). The word’s Germanic stem was *krab- or *kraf-, which some have seen also as the source of crave [OE].
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craft (n.): Old English cræft (West Saxon, Northumbrian), -creft (Kentish), originally "power, physical strength, might," from Proto-Germanic *krab-/*kraf- (cognates: Old Frisian kreft, Old High German chraft, German Kraft "strength, skill;" Old Norse kraptr "strength, virtue"). Sense expanded in Old English to include "skill, dexterity; art, science, talent" (via a notion of "mental power"), which led by late Old English to the meaning "trade, handicraft, calling," also "something built or made." The word still was used for "might, power" in Middle English.

Use for "small boat" is first recorded 1670s, probably from a phrase similar to vessels of small craft and referring either to the trade they did or the seamanship they required, or perhaps it preserves the word in its original sense of "power."
craft (v.): Old English cræftan "to exercise a craft, build," from the same source as craft (n.). Meaning "to make skilfully" is from early 15c., obsolete from 16c., but revived c. 1950s, largely in U.S. advertising and commercial senses. Related: Crafted; crafting.

词态变化

复数 crafts;
第三人称单数 crafts;
过去式 crafted;
过去分词 crafted;
现在分词 crafting;

权威造句

1. The engine of one landing craft was still running.: 一艘登陆艇的发动机还在运转。

2. It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.: 它提供了飞机前进所需的推力。

3. The frail craft rocked as he clambered in.: 他爬进来的时候，那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。

4. My craft zipped across the bay.: 我的小艇飞速驶过海湾。

5. Craft Resources also sells yarn and embroidery floss.: 工艺人员服务公司也售卖纱线和绣花丝线。

近反义词

ability

skill

trade

相似短语

with craft 有技巧地, 巧妙地

by craft 用诡计[手腕]

craft and ／

landing craft n. 登陆艇

bombing craft 轰炸机

craft of poetry 诗歌技艺

harbour craft 港口运输船

maneuvering craft 受控航行器

space craft 太空飞行器

survival craft 救生载具，救生载具

单词分析

这些名词均含有“船”之意。
boat泛指任何大小的船只，尤指靠划桨或风帆行进的无篷小船。
ship含义广，一般指大轮船，如航海船只，内河航运船只。
canoe指长而轻，用桨的小舟、独木船。
steamer指靠蒸汽发动机为动力的船只。
vessel多指运货或运人的大船。
craft船只的集合名词，但可指单独的船只。

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