workman
n
(pl -men)
(a) man who is employed to do manual or mechanical work (男)工人.
(b) person who works in the specified way 以某种方式工作的人
a good, neat, conscientious, etc workman 工作出色的、 仔细的、 认真的...人
skilled/unskilled workmen 技术熟练的[不熟练的]人
(saying 谚) A bad workman blames his tools. 技术差的人埋怨工具差. `workmanlike adj of or like a good workman; practical and skilful (似)优秀工人的; 技术 熟的
He did a very workmanlike job on it. 他这件工作做得非常漂亮.
The team produced a very workmanlike performance. 这个队技巧表现得十分熟练. `workmanship n [U]
(a) person's skill in working 手艺; 技艺
They admired her workmanship. 他们很钦佩她的手艺.
(b) quality of this as seen in sth that has been made 工作质量; 工艺
Our new washing-machine keeps breaking down it's entirely due to shoddy workmanship. 我们的新洗衣机老出毛病--完全是因为做的质量太差.
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.
没错。我们要带上10头猪、10只羊还有60只鸡。鸡吃我们的剩饭剩菜。它们为我们提供蛋和肉。
He did not know from which part of Africa his ancestor had come.
他不知道祖先来自非洲的什么地方。
All the bees that had been at the distant feeding place were doing a completely different dance, a wagging dance.