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mas·ter1 /ˈmɑːstə $ ˈmæstər/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]  1  skilled person 有技能的人GOOD AT someone who is very skilled at something 大师；能手master of Runyon was a master of the short story. 鲁尼恩是一位短篇小说大师。 a master of disguise 伪装高手 Hitchcock was an acknowledged master of suspense. 希区柯克是公认的悬疑大师。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 一件真正的大师之作2  be a past master (at something) British EnglishGOOD AT to be very good at doing something because you have done it a lot 擅长[善于，精于]（某事物） He’s a past master at getting free drinks out of people. 喝酒让别人买单他是老手了。3  man with authority 有权的人POWER old-fashioned a) a man who has control or authority over servants or workers 主人；雇主 → mistress You’ll have to ask the master’s permission. 你得去请求主人的同意。 b) DHPthe male owner of a dog 狗的男主人 → mistress4  be your own master to be in control of your own life or work 自己做主；自己当老板 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，于是在1998年辞去工作干起了自由职业。5  be master of your own fate/destiny literaryCONTROL to be in complete control of what happens to you 掌握自己的命运 Our country must be master of its own economic destiny. 我们的国家必须掌握自己的经济命运。6  original 原物COPY a document, record etc from which copies are made 原件；母（磁）带 I gave him the master to copy. 我把原件给他复制。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 文学/理学/教育学等硕士 → MA, MSc, MEd, MPhil, → Bachelor of Arts/Science/Education etc at bachelor(2)8  teacher 教师 a) British English old-fashionedSES a male teacher 男教师 → headmaster, headmistress b) (also Master) a wise person whose ideas and words other people accept and follow 大师 a Zen master 禅宗大师9  young boy 小男孩 (also Master) old-fashioned used when speaking or referring to a young boy 少爷，君 How’s young Master Toby today? 托比小少爷今天好吗？10  university official 大学官员 (also Master) the person who is in charge of some university colleges in the UK 〔英国一些大学学院的〕院长 the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 剑桥大学三一学院的院长11. captain 船长 old-fashionedPMNTTW someone who is in charge of a ship 船长 → 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 [transitive]  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 掌握一门新语言所需的技能 I never quite mastered the art of walking in high heels. 我一直学不会穿高跟鞋走路。► see thesaurus at learn2  CONTROLto manage to control a strong emotion 控制住〔强烈的情绪〕 SYN overcome He had learned to master his fear of heights. 他已学会克服自己的恐高症。→ See Verb table

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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 adjective [only before noun]  1  COPYa master copy of a document, recording etc is the one from which copies are made 〔文件、录音等〕原始版的，母版的master list/copy/recording etc We’ve lost the master disk. 我们丢失了原始磁盘。2  MAINmost important or main 最重要的 主要的 the master control center at NASA 美国航空航天局的总控制中心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/主厨/熟练水管工等 a society of master chefs 大厨协会

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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 Dictionarymastermas‧ter1 /ˈmɑːstəˈmæstər/ noun [countable] a document, record etc from which copies are madeI gave him the master to copy.mastermaster2 adjective [only before a noun]1master copy/ file/list etc the original thing from which copies are madeWhen 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 peopleThe company now uses semi-skilled operators instead of master bakers.3the most important or main thingMr Bond’s master company, Bond CorporationOrigin master1 (1000-1100) Old French maistre and the word it came from, Latin magister “chief”

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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++master1  → master's2  → variant of master's degree at master's degree

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mas‧ter¹ S2 W2 /ˈmɑːstə $ ˈmæstər/ noun [countable]1.  SKILLED PERSON someone who is very skilled at something
    master of
    Runyon was a master of the short story.
    a master of disguise
    Hitchcock was an acknowledged master of suspense.
    master at (doing) something
    She’s a master at manipulating people.
    a work of art by a true master
2. be a past master (at something) British English to be very good at doing something because you have done it a lot:
    He’s a past master at getting free drinks out of people.
3.  MAN WITH AUTHORITY old-fashioned
  a. a man who has control or authority over servants or workers ⇨ mistress:
    You’ll have to ask the master’s permission.
  b. the male owner of a dog ⇨ mistress
4. be your own master to be in control of your own life or work:
    Determined to be his own master, Simmons quit in 1998 and started working freelance.
5. be master of your own fate/destiny literary to be in complete control of what happens to you:
    Our country must be master of its own economic destiny.
6.  ORIGINAL a document, record etc from which copies are made:
    I gave him the master to copy.
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 ⇨ MA, M.Sc., MEd, MPhil, ⇨ Bachelor of Arts/Science/Education etc at bachelor(2)
8.  TEACHER
  a. British English old-fashioned a male teacher ⇨ headmaster, headmistress
  b. (also Master) a wise person whose ideas and words other people accept and follow:
    a Zen master
9.  YOUNG BOY (also Master) old-fashioned used when speaking or referring to a young boy:
    How’s young Master Toby today?
10.  UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL (also Master) the person who is in charge of some university colleges in the UK:
    the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
11.  CAPTAIN old-fashioned someone who is in charge of a ship
⇨ grand master, old master, quizmaster

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master² verb [transitive]
1. to learn a skill or a language so well that you have no difficulty with it:
    the skills needed to master a new language
    I never quite mastered the art of walking in high heels.
2. to manage to control a strong emotion
   SYN  overcome:
    He had learned to master his fear of heights.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ learn to gain knowledge of a subject or skill, especially by being taught or trained: How long have you been learning Italian? | What age can you learn to drive in America?
   ▪ study to learn about a subject by reading books, going to classes etc, especially at school or university: She’s studying music at Berkeley College in California.
   ▪ train to learn the skills and get the experience that you need in order to do a particular job: Julie’s training to be a nurse.
   ▪ pick something up to learn something without much effort, by watching or listening to other people: It’s easy to pick up a language when you’re living in a country. | The rules of the game are easy – you’ll soon pick them up.
   ▪ get the hang of something informal to learn how to do or use something that is fairly complicated, especially with practice: It took me a while to get the hang of all the features on my new camera.
   ▪ revise British English, review American English to study facts again, especially on your own, in order to learn them before an examination: Jenny’s upstairs revising for her Maths exam tomorrow.
   ▪ master to learn something so well that you have no difficulty with it, especially a skill or a language: She gave me a book called ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’. | I learnt Spanish for years but I never really mastered it.

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master³ adjective [only before noun]
1. a master copy of a document, recording etc is the one from which copies are made
    master list/copy/recording etc
    We’ve lost the master disk.
2. most important or main:
    the master control center at NASA
3. master craftsman/chef/plumber etc someone who is very skilled at a particular job, especially a job that involves working with your hands:
    a society of master chefs