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artefact

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ar·te·fact especially British English (also artifact especially American English) /ˈɑːtəfækt $ ˈɑːr-/ ●○○ noun [countable]  THINGan object such as a tool, weapon etc that was made in the past and is historically important 人工制品〔有史学价值的武器、工具等〕,手工艺品 ancient Egyptian artefacts 古埃及手工艺品see thesaurus at thing
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artefactWright's character is in effect a projected reader registering bewilderment before an artefact which has abandoned conventional ordering.An artefact from the past can be used to engage interest and awaken curiosity.This fixed point may be almost anything which can be independently dated: another coin, another artefact, a historical event.Many artefacts decorated in this way have been found in royal tombs on the mainland.To what extent are some of the so-called characteristics of ageing in fact social artefacts?The problem of interpretation is closely linked to the place of the artefact in intersubjective order.
ar·te·fact nounChineseSyllable
was a Corpus that weapon etc an object as tool, such


artefact
artefact especially British English (also artifact especially American English) /ˈɑːtəfækt, ˈɑːtɪfækt $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [countable]
an object such as a tool, weapon etc that was made in the past and is historically important:
    ancient Egyptian artefacts


arte·fact (also ar·ti·fact especially in NAmE ) BrE /ˈɑːtɪfækt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːrtɪfækt/ 🔊 noun (specialist) an object that is made by a person, especially sth of historical or cultural interest 人工制品,手工艺品(尤指有历史或文化价值的)