masterpiece

英 ['mɑːstəpiːs] 美 ['mæstərpiːs]

• n. 杰作

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]杰作,名作

   task done with great skill, especially an artist's greatest work

英英释义

Noun:

1. the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

2. an outstanding achievement

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The critics hailed his work as a masterpiece.
   评论家们认定他的作品为杰作。
2. Do you think it was a masterpiece?
   你认为这是杰作吗？

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This book is a real masterpiece.
   这本书是真正的名著。
2. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's masterpieces.《
   哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚的杰作之一。

经典引文

• Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.

  出自：Macbeth , Shakespeare

• Man is heav'n's Master-piece.

  出自： F. Quarles

• It is..a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.

  出自： K. Clark

• A dealer can't always fill his gallery with masterpieces.

  出自： A. Lurie

• Here, we must rest; this is our maister-piece; We cannot thinke to goe beyond this.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accomplish〔appreciate, reproduce〕 a masterpiece 完成〔欣赏,复制〕杰作

形容词+～

• enduring masterpiece 不朽名作
• architectural masterpieces 建筑上的杰作

～+介词

• masterpieces in English literature 英国文学名著
• masterpiece of policy 绝妙的策略

近反义词

【近义词】

• classic
• masterwork