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handiwork

/han-dee-wurk/US // ˈhæn diˌwɜrk //UK // (ˈhændɪˌwɜːk) //

手工制作,手工作品,手艺,手工制品

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : work done by hand.
    • : the characteristic quality of a particular doer or maker: In all of Mozart's music we discover the handiwork of a genius.
    • : the result of work done by hand: woven mats and other handiwork.

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Examples

  • Archaeologists began excavating the cave in 2017, and while cleaning and sorting their trove of non-unicorn bones, they discovered the handiwork of a long-dead Neanderthal artisan.

  • Since the 1980s, “leading edge” fabs have measured their handiwork in nanometers, or one billionth of a meter.

  • Take your boot off and give your handiwork a look, checking for creases or folds on the inside of your now cool liner.

  • Word spread fast and a film crew showed up to shoot my handiwork.

  • A week or so later, I sat outside in a chair by the Cholla Bar on a cool morning, reviewing my handiwork and trying hard not to doomscroll on my phone.

  • Their handiwork was on display Sunday, it appeared, in the small mining town of Krasnoarmeysk, 70 kilometers from Donetsk.

  • Lentz was so proud of his handiwork that he traveled to Berlin to show it off, and he wrote a little book about it.

  • Besides, Savoir Beds guarantees the handiwork on these beds for 25 years, or 9,150 nights.

  • The framing is far from accidental; it is the handiwork of the official chief White House photographer, Pete Souza.

  • Even many Bibi critics who would never vote for him admire his handiwork during the recent Gaza conflagration with Hamas.

  • He noticed the improvements which had been made in the place since he was there last, and knew it was Jake's handiwork.

  • His tobacco pouch, which he laid upon the table, was a fantastic embroidered silk affair, evidently the handiwork of a woman.

  • Here was something which pointed directly to Indian handiwork, and Lowell in imagination could hear a great outcry going up.

  • But after reviewing the handiwork of Whisper Ross—who had ambled off unimpeded—Lamb saw no reason why he should not do the same.

  • But the closest examination no longer will reveal traces of that playwrights distinctive handiwork, while a ratio of 17 per cent.