goldsmith

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n. 金匠

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US

词形变化

goldsmiths 复数 goldsmiths

教材释义与例句

名词

金匠

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.

    金匠

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

goldworker

上位词 2

jeweler jeweller

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词源

From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.

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