- [countable, uncountable]
an activity involving a special skill at making things with your hands 手藝;工藝 traditional crafts like basket-weaving 像編籃子之類的傳統工藝 a craft fair/workshop 手工藝品交易會/制作坊
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb2, Hobbiesb2Sheep shearing is a highly skilled craft. 剪羊毛是很講究技巧的手藝。 Subjects taught include art and craft, drama, and languages. 所教科目包括工藝美術、戲劇和語言。 The men practised various traditional crafts, such as carving toys out of bone. 這些人從事各種傳統手工技藝,比如說用骨頭雕刻成玩具。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- skilled
- ancient
- traditional
- …
- practise/practice
- activity
- project
- work
- …
- art and craft
- arts and crafts
- [singular]
all the skills needed for a particular activity 技巧;技能;技藝 chefs who learned their craft in top hotels 在高級酒店學過烹調技藝的廚師 the writer’s craft 寫作技巧
Extra Examplescomedians plying their craft for an agency 爲一家代理機構辛勞工作的喜劇演員 a carpenter who is a real master of his craft 技藝高超的木匠
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + craft- hone
- learn
- master
- …
- a master of your craft
- [uncountable] (formal, disapproving)
skill in making people believe what you want them to believe 詭計;手腕;騙術 - [countable] (plural craft)(formal)
a boat or ship 小船;船 Hundreds of small craft bobbed around the liner as it steamed into the harbour. 班輪駛進港口時,周圍的許多小船颠簸起來。 a landing/pleasure craft 登陸艇;遊艇
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small
- assault
- fishing
- …
- [countable] (plural craft)
an aircraft or spacecraft 飛行器;飛機;航天器;宇宙飛船;航天飛機
Word OriginOld English cræft ‘strength, skill’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kracht, German Kraft, and Swedish kraft ‘strength’. Sense (4), originally in the expression small craft ‘small trading vessels’, may be elliptical, referring to vessels requiring a small amount of “craft” or skill to handle, as opposed to large ocean-going ships.