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masterwork

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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mas·ter·work /ˈmɑːstəwɜːk $ ˈmæstərwɜːrk/ noun [countable]  Aa painting, sculpture, piece of music etc that is the best that someone has done 杰作;名作;佳作;代表作 SYN masterpiece ‘Otello’ is Verdi’s riveting masterwork. 《奥赛罗》是威尔第最吸引人的代表作。
Examples from the Corpus
masterworkNot every track, of course, is a masterwork.Her face was large and all-but-honest; her voice was a masterwork of treachery.Now she fears that her latest film, her masterwork, may threaten her ability to work there in the future.The Book of Ultimate Truths was his masterwork.Through his glass James Flemyng observed a fine exhibition of model workmen sawing and hammering industriously at his great new masterwork.He is at home playing anything from symphonic masterworks to swing.According to the day's briefing notes the masterwork was to be Men of Harlem something to do with his globetrotting, presumably.
mas·ter·work nounChineseSyllable
sculpture, piece a that music of etc painting, Corpus


masterwork
masterwork /ˈmɑːstəwɜːk $ ˈmæstərwɜːrk/ noun [countable]
a painting, sculpture, piece of music etc that is the best that someone has done
   SYN  masterpiece:
    ‘Otello’ is Verdi’s riveting masterwork.


mas·ter·workBrE /ˈmɑːstəwɜːk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmæstərwɜːrk/ 🔊 noun = masterpiece