craft
noun/kræft/
Слово англійською: craft
Переклад craft українською: судно́, плавза́сіб, ремесло́, умілість, промисел, цех
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] an activity involving a special skill at making things with your hands
- traditional crafts like basket-weaving
- a craft fair/workshop
- [singular] all the skills needed for a particular activity
- chefs who learned their craft in top hotels
- the writer’s craft
- [uncountable] (formal, disapproving) skill in making people believe what you want them to believe
- He knew how to win by craft and diplomacy what he could not gain by force.
- [countable] (plural craft)(formal) a boat or ship
- Hundreds of small craft bobbed around the liner as it steamed into the harbour.
- a landing/pleasure craft
- [countable] (plural craft)an aircraft or spacecraft
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.