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IELTS BNC: 1224 COCA: 1883

master

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mas·ter1 /ˈmɑːstə $ ˈmæstər/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countableC]
1  skilled person 有技能的人GOOD AT someone who is very skilled at something 大師；能手
master of
Runyon was a master of the short story.
魯尼恩是一位短篇小說大師。
a master of disguise
僞裝高手
Hitchcock was an acknowledged master of suspense.
希區柯克是公認的懸疑大師。
master at (doing) something
She’s a master at manipulating people.
她是支配别人的高手。
a work of art by a true master
一件真正的大師之作
2  be a past master (at something) British EnglishBrEGOOD AT to be very good at doing something because you have done it a lot 擅長[善於，精於]（某事物）
He’s a past master at getting free drinks out of people.
喝酒讓别人買單他是老手了。
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be a past master (at something)• Johnny Morris is a past master at both.• That sort of thing wasn't her style at all, but Susan was a past master at it.
3  man with authority 有權的人POWER old-fashioned
a) a man who has control or authority over servants or workers 主人；僱主 → mistress
You’ll have to ask the master’s permission.
你得去請求主人的同意。
b) DHPthe male owner of a dog 狗的男主人 → mistress
4  be your own master to be in control of your own life or work 自己做主；自己當老板
Determined to be his own master, Simmons quit in 1998 and started working freelance.
西蒙斯一心要自己支配自己，於是在1998年辭去工作幹起了自由職業。
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be your own master• In an empire where no one was his own master except the Inca, was it socialism or a dictatorship which prevailed?
5  be master of your own fate/destiny literaryCONTROL to be in complete control of what happens to you 掌握自己的命運
Our country must be master of its own economic destiny.
我們的國家必須掌握自己的經濟命運。
6  original 原物COPY a document, record etc from which copies are made 原件；母（磁）帶
I gave him the master to copy.
我把原件給他複制。
7. Master of Arts/Science/Education etc a university degree in an arts subject, a science subject etc that you can get after your first degree 文學/理學/教育學等碩士 → MA, MSc, MEd, MPhil, → Bachelor of Arts/Science/Education etc at bachelor(2)
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Master of Arts/Science/Education etc• Spenser could consider himself a gentleman only on the basis of having been to university and acquired a Master of Arts degree.• He addressed more than 100 businessmen studying for a Master of Arts Business Administration exam.• Miss Tessa Sanderson, international athlete. Master of Science.• Miss Sue Lawley, journalist and broadcaster. Master of Arts.
8  teacher 教師
a) British EnglishBrE old-fashionedSES a male teacher 男教師 → headmaster, headmistress
b) (also Master) a wise person whose ideas and words other people accept and follow 大師
a Zen master
禅宗大師
9  young boy 小男孩 (also Master) old-fashioned used when speaking or referring to a young boy 少爺，君
How’s young Master Toby today?
托比小少爺今天好嗎？
10  university official 大學官員 (also Master) the person who is in charge of some university colleges in the UK 〔英國一些大學學院的〕院長
the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
劍橋大學三一學院的院長
11. captain 船長 old-fashionedPMNTTW someone who is in charge of a ship 船長
→ grand master, old master, quizmaster
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master• Deaver was a master of his craft.• He was a master at economizing on his investments.• At one time, the French were the colonial masters of Vietnam.• He is master of the depths.• Maxwell's soul-singing style has been compared to that of such masters as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.• The upshot of the litigation was that the non-litigation costs, together with the litigation costs, were taxed by the taxing master.• Bill Ritchie is now the master of these techniques, but he learnt them originally from Lawrence.• Later that evening Heathcliff's servant Joseph arrived and asked to speak to the master.• They were waiting for their masters to carry them overseas to slavery.
master at (doing) something• Long a master at making do, Margaret teaches me as much about food as I teach her.• It was the way she liked to work, and, watching him, she realised he was a master at it.• Mondell had a weakness for flattery and a less than athletic mind, and Roosevelt was a master at exploiting both.• To watch him interview these patients is to watch a master at work.• The taxpayers were the bursar and nine assistant masters at Malvern College.• Like a new lunar base, a baby must first master at least the arts of breathing and eating.• He's a past master at keeping his whereabouts secret, laying false trails.• They were masters at delayed gratification.
master2 ●●○ verb [transitiveT]
1  LEARNto learn a skill or a language so well that you have no difficulty with it 掌握，精通
the skills needed to master a new language
掌握一門新語言所需的技能
I never quite mastered the art of walking in high heels.
我一直學不會穿高跟鞋走路。
► see thesaurus at learn
2  CONTROLto manage to control a strong emotion 控制住〔強烈的情緒〕 SYN overcome
He had learned to master his fear of heights.
他已學會克服自己的恐高症。
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master• A new intelligentsia, bold and active, has eliminated the old one, bookish and conservative; and it masters.• Jimmy Carter was mastered by it.• Nguyen helps Vietnamese students who haven't mastered English.• How a boy learns to express and master his aggressiveness is important in the growth of his sense of self-worth.• They had a new machine in, but after a pound or so I had mastered it and won an extra spaceship.• The enterprise is hard because it has to involve mastering new language in new ways.• Loved for his big glasses and silly grin, he mastered the art of playing guitar while walking in circles.• She is afraid of the bathtub and has never mastered the art of taking a shower.• It takes years to master the art of weaving.• Children have usually mastered the concepts of weight and length by the age of 8.• She soon got to know the local customs and eventually mastered the language.• It appeared to me that the only thing he had never mastered was paper hanging.
mastered the art of• It strikes me that Tommy has already mastered the art of being a toady.• Payne has mastered the art of friendship.• Have grizzly bears mastered the art of go-kart racing?• Loved for his big glasses and silly grin, he mastered the art of playing guitar while walking in circles.• It had never properly mastered the art of sitting on humans.• She is afraid of the bathtub and has never mastered the art of taking a shower.• You're so efficient it seems strange you haven't mastered the art of the dumpling.
master3 adjectiveadj [only before noun]
1  COPYa master copy of a document, recording etc is the one from which copies are made 〔文件、錄音等〕原始版的，母版的
master list/copy/recording etc
We’ve lost the master disk.
我們丢失了原始磁盤。
2  MAINmost important or main 最重要的 主要的
the master control center at NASA
美國航空航天局的總控制中心
3  master craftsman/chef/plumber etc someone who is very skilled at a particular job, especially a job that involves working with your hands 一流工匠/主廚/熟練水管工等
a society of master chefs
大廚協會
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master craftsman/chef/plumber etc• The knight speaks for the landed interest, the merchant for international trade, and the capper for the working master craftsman.• His problem was solved by Bill Bird, a master craftsman, based at Blockley in Gloucestershire.• Better-heeled artificers must almost certainly have been master craftsmen employing labour themselves.• I., will resume its master chefs series in the autumn.• Some became apprentices who worked beside a master craftsman to become competent in their field.• Here passengers ate delicacies prepared by a master chef under an arched ceiling of embossed leather and oil paintings.• A society of master chefs was formed to achieve professional status similar to that of doctors or lawyers for its members.• They work under the supervision of a Meister, a master craftsman who also is a skilled teacher.
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master• All the information is gathered in the master file.
master list/copy/recording etc• The advent of live links raises interesting questions about which is the master copy.• The master list includes about a dozen organisations covering the main ethnic groups.• The list is typed; a master copy is held by the store and another is sent on to you.• The master copy is made on special coated paper which has a glossy surface on one side.• The master copy is prepared on a thin metal plate or special paper.• The master copy is then placed round the drum of the duplicator.• It then passes under a roller which presses it against the master copy, leaving a positive image on the copy paper.• One of Psion's engineers had collected a master copy of a new program.
From Longman Business Dictionary
mastermas·ter1 /ˈmɑːstəˈmæstər/ noun [countableC]
a document, record etc from which copies are made
I gave him the master to copy.
mastermaster2 adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
1master copy/ file/list etc the original thing from which copies are made
When a large number of copies of the same document are required, they can be photocopied from a master copy.
2master craftsman/builder/chef etcJOB someone who is very skilled at a job done with their hands and can teach it to other people
The company now uses semi-skilled operators instead of master bakers.
3the most important or main thing
Mr Bond’s master company, Bond Corporation
Origin master1
(1000-1100) Old French maistre and the word it came from, Latin magister “chief”

master

master
1  → master's
2  → variant of master's degree at master's degree
mas·ter1 nounmaster2 verbmaster3 adjectiveadjmaster
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IELTS BNC: 1224 COCA: 1883
master

noun¹

 1person in charge掌管的人ADJECTIVE | VERB + MASTER | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤political掌權的政治人物◇His political masters are all old right-wing politicians.他上面掌權的政治人物都是些一把年紀的右翼政客。➤colonial殖民宗主國◇This was a time when many nations were trying to shake off their colonial masters.在那個時代，許多民族試圖擺脫殖民宗主國的控制。➤slave奴隸主◇His father was a wealthy, prominent Virginia slave master.他的父親曾是一位富有而傑出的弗吉尼亞奴隸主。➤puppet傀儡操控者◇The director is an unseen puppet master, operating behind the scenes.經理是一位隱身的木偶大師，在幕後掌控一切。➤cruel殘忍的主人◇Fate can be a cruel master. (figurative) 命運可能是個殘忍的主宰者。VERB + MASTER➤obey, please, serve服從／取悅／服務主人◇corrupt people who would serve any master願意效力於任何主子的墮落者➤disobey不服從主人PREPOSITION➤master of⋯的主人◇He wants to be master of his own destiny.他想做自己命運的主人。
master

noun²

 2person with skill有技藝的人ADJECTIVE | MASTER + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤acknowledged, great, undisputed公認的大師；巨匠；無可爭議的大師◇This portrait is the work of an acknowledged master.這幅肖像畫是一位公認的大師的作品。➤grand大師◇Chaplin, the grand master of physical comedy肢體喜劇大師卓別林➤chess, fencing, karate, etc.國際象棋、擊劍、空手道等大師MASTER + NOUN➤builder, craftsman, painter (especially BrE) 建築／工藝／繪畫大師PREPOSITION➤master of⋯的大師◇a master of disguise變裝大師PHRASES➤be a past master at sth, be a past master of sth (= to be very good at sth) 是⋯的行家◇He's a past master at delaying meetings.他是拖延會議的老手。
master

noun³

 3Master's university degree大學學位VERB + MASTER'S | MASTER'S + NOUN | PREPOSITION VERB + MASTER'S➤do, study for, take攻讀碩士學位◇He did a Master's at Hull University.他是在赫爾大學讀的碩士學位。➤earn, get獲得碩士學位◇She got her Master's last year.她去年拿到了碩士學位。➤complete, finish完成碩士學業◇In May I completed my Master's in business administration.5 月我完成了工商管理專業的碩士學業。➤have有碩士學位◇Lorenzo has a Master's in communications from Boston University.洛倫佐擁有波士頓大學的通信專業碩士學位。MASTER'S + NOUN➤degree, thesis碩士學位／論文PREPOSITION➤master in⋯專業的碩士學位◇a Master's in politics政治學碩士學位
master

verb

ADVERB | VERB + MASTER | PHRASES ADVERB➤completely, fully, thoroughly完全掌握；十分精通➤not quite沒太掌握➤quickly很快掌握➤easily輕易掌握VERB + MASTER➤be difficult to難以掌握◇a technique that was surprisingly difficult to master出奇難掌握的技術➤struggle to, try to竭力／試圖掌握◇the challenge of trying to master a new language試圖掌握一門新語言的挑戰➤fail to未能掌握PHRASES➤master the art of sth掌握⋯的技藝◇He never completely mastered the art of lip-reading.他從未完全掌握唇讀的技巧。➤master the basics掌握基礎知識◇Once you've mastered the basics, try learning more difficult chords.一旦你掌握了基本技能，就試一試學習更難的和弦。
IELTS BNC: 1224 COCA: 1883
master verb
⇨ learn
IELTS BNC: 1224 COCA: 1883

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