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master mariner

/mas-ter, mah-ster/US // ˈmæs tər, ˈmɑ stər //UK // (ˈmɑːstə) //

水手长,航海大师,水手长老,海员长

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n.名词 noun
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    • : a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
    • : an owner of enslaved people, in the institution of chattel slavery; a slaveholder: Antebellum laws and codes in the South restricted the circumstances under which masters could free African Americans from slavery.
    • : an owner of a pet or other animal: The dog waited at the end of the lane every evening to greet his master coming home.
    • : Older Use. the male head of a household: As the oldest son, he felt a lot of pressure to act as the master of the house after his father’s passing.
    • : Older Use. an employer of workers or servants: The valet unpacked his master’s luggage prior to his arrival.
    • : the dominant sexual partner in a BDSM relationship of unequal power.
    • : a person eminently skilled in something, as an occupation, art, or science: the great masters of the Impressionist period.
    • : a person whose teachings others accept or follow: a Zen master.
    • : Chiefly British. a male teacher or schoolmaster.
    • : a worker qualified to teach apprentices and to carry on a trade independently.
    • : a title given to a bridge or chess player who has won or placed in a certain number of officially recognized tournaments.
    • : a person holding this title.
    • : Also called mas·ter mar·i·ner [mas-ter mar-uh-ner, mah-ster] /ˈmæs tər ˈmær ə nər, ˈmɑ stər/ . a person who commands a merchant ship; captain.
    • : a victor or conqueror.
    • : a presiding officer.
    • : an officer of the court to whom some or all of the issues in a case may be referred for the purpose of taking testimony and making a report to the court.
    • : the Master. Jesus Christ.
    • : a person who has been awarded a master's degree.
    • : a boy or young man.
    • : Also called matrix . an original document, drawing, manuscript, etc., from which copies are made.
    • : Machinery, Computers. a device or process that controls another device or process operating in a similar way.Compare slave.
    • : Recording. matrix. a tape or disk from which duplicates may be made.
    • : Also called cop·y neg·a·tive [kop-ee neg-uh-tiv] /ˈkɒp i ˈnɛg ə tɪv/ .Photography. a film, usually a negative, used primarily for making large quantities of prints.
    • : master of foxhounds.
    • : Archaic. a work of art produced by a master.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being master; exercising mastery; dominant.
    • : chief or principal: a master list.
    • : directing or controlling: a master switch.
    • : of or relating to a master from which copies are made: master film; master matrix; master record; master tape.
    • : dominating or predominant: a master play.
    • : being a master of some occupation, art, etc.; eminently skilled: a master diplomat; a master pianist.
    • : being a master carrying on one's trade independently, rather than a worker employed by another: a master plumber.
    • : characteristic of a master; showing expert skill, ability, or knowledge: The chosen design was a master achievement that still amazes architects, engineers, and scientists today.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make oneself master of; become an adept in: to master a language.
    • : to conquer or overcome: to master one's pride.
    • : to rule or direct as master: to master a crew.
    • : Recording. to produce a master tape, disk, or record of: The producer recorded, mixed, and mastered the new album.

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Examples

  • One of those reports was a landmark 2003 Nature paper by the evolutionary biologist Joachim Kurtz, then at the Max Planck Institute of Limnology in Germany, and his master’s student Karoline Franz.

  • Every early-stage startup founder needs to master a daunting slate of business skills.

  • Some password managers, including 1Password, also give you a secret key that you’ll need to use with your master password to sign in on new devices.

  • The post How to become a master of featured snippets appeared first on Search Engine Watch.

  • Leonard is a master at both identifying specific spots where he’s most comfortable and getting there pretty much whenever he wants.

  • And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.

  • Dickens was a master of heart-wrenching pathos because he felt every pain as he wrote.

  • Why was a master photographer recruited to work with one of the most successful liquor brands on the planet?

  • So the master artist traveled to Beijing and shot in a former palace not far from the Forbidden City.

  • Hitchcock saw the work of, and probably met, Murnau, the great German filmmaker--the earliest master of bleak light and shadow.

  • And with some expressions of mutual good-will and interest, master and man separated.

  • The "bad form" of telling a lie to the head-master is a later illustration of the same thing.

  • Here and there exceptional industry or extraordinary capacity raised the artisan to wealth and turned the "man" into the "master."

  • Why should not Aristide, past master in drumming, find an honourable position in the orchestra of the Tournée Gulland?

  • The secretary trembled in his every limb; his eyes shunned his master's as his master's had shunned Garnache's awhile ago.