masterpiece
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mas·ter·piece /ˈmɑːstəpiːs $ ˈmæstər-/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 Aa work of art, a piece of writing or music etc that is of very high quality or that is the best that a particular artist, writer etc has produced 杰作；名作；佳作；代表作 SYN masterwork Mary Shelley was just 18 when she wrote the horror masterpiece ‘Frankenstein’. 玛丽•雪莱创作《科学怪人》这部恐怖小说名作的时候年仅18岁。2 a very good example of something 极好的例证masterpiece of The shark is a masterpiece of evolution. 鲨鱼是进化的典型例子。
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masterpiece• Since then Stravinsky's work has been hailed as a masterpiece.• In its own way, it too is a masterpiece of coherent legislation.• As a result, it's a masterpiece.• Jones' performance was a masterpiece.• Thirteen people helped Michelangelo create his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.• one of the great Italian masterpieces• The Davis-Evans recording of 'Porgy and Bess' has been rightly called a jazz masterpiece.• Many people regard this painting as Raphael's masterpiece.• Adam Smith's masterpiece 'The Wealth of Nations' was written in the 18th century.• Channel 6 is showing Orson Welles's masterpiece "Citizen Kane."mas·ter·piece nounChineseSyllable
or piece a work music a Corpus of of art, writing
masterpiece
mas‧ter‧piece /ˈmɑːstəpiːs $ ˈmæstər-/
noun [countable]
1. a work of art, a piece of writing or music etc that is of very high quality or that is the best that a particular artist, writer etc has produced
SYN masterwork:
Mary Shelley was just 18 when she wrote the horror masterpiece ‘Frankenstein’.
2. a very good example of something
masterpiece of
The shark is a masterpiece of evolution.
mas‧ter‧piece /ˈmɑːstəpiːs $ ˈmæstər-/
noun [countable]1. a work of art, a piece of writing or music etc that is of very high quality or that is the best that a particular artist, writer etc has produced
SYN masterwork:
2. a very good example of something
masterpiece of