handicraft

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hand·i·craft /ˈhændikrɑːft $ -kræft/ (also craft) noun [countable usually plural]  1. Aan activity such as sewing or making baskets, in which you use your hands in a skilful way to make things 手工艺；手艺2  something that someone has made in a skilful way using their hands 手工艺品 a shop selling handicrafts 一家出售手工艺品的商店 →4  See picture of 见图 handicraft

Examples from the Corpus

handicraft• Educational activities include the various schools and sewing, commercial and handicraft classes.• Cue makers can spend from 50 hours to five weeks producing a single cue as they combine handicraft with high tech.• The antagonism directed towards photography from the 1860s owes much to the displacement of human handicrafts by machine methods.• Others engaged in the domestic production of handicrafts.• Emma Lee lives in Liverpool and enjoys reading, handicraft and playing the keyboard.• The island used to be a regular stop-off point for ships, and made money by selling handicrafts.• Mrs Curdle had learnt this handicraft as a young girl and was an expert.From Longman Business Dictionaryhandicrafthand‧i‧craft /ˈhændikrɑːft-kræft/ noun [countable usually plural] MANUFACTURINGobjects produced by people using their hands skilfullya stall selling local handicraftsOrigin handicraft (1200-1300) handcraft “handicraft” ((10-21 centuries)), on the model of handiwork

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handicraft
hand‧i‧craft /ˈhændikrɑːft $ -kræft/ (also craft) noun [countable usually plural]1. an activity such as sewing or making baskets, in which you use your hands in a skilful way to make things
2. something that someone has made in a skilful way using their hands:
    a shop selling handicrafts

han·di·craftBrE /ˈhændikrɑːft/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhændikræft/ 🔊 (NAmE also hand·craft) noun [countable, usually plural, uncountable] activities such as sewing and making cloth that use skill with your hands and artistic ability to make things 手工艺◆to teach handicrafts传授手工艺◆Her hobbies are music, reading and handicraft. 她的爱好是音乐、读书和手工。🔊🔊things made in this way 手工艺品◆traditional handicrafts bought by tourists旅游者购买的传统手工艺品