artefact

Word family

ar·te·fact especially British EnglishBrE (also artifact especially American EnglishAmE) /ˈɑːtəfækt $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [countableC]

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

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Examples from the Corpus

artefact• Wright'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.

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Corpus

BNC: 6645 COCA: 34790

artefact (also artifact) noun
⇨ thing 2

BNC: 6645 COCA: 34790

artefact