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master

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mas·ter1 /ˈmɑːstə $ ˈmæstər/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countableC]  
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 EnglishBrEGOOD 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。
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be a past master (at something)• Johnny Morris is a past master at both.• That sort of thing wasn't her style at all, but Susan was a past master at it.
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 → mistress
4  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。
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be your own master• In an empire where no one was his own master except the Inca, was it socialism or a dictatorship which prevailed?
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)
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Master of Arts/Science/Education etc• Spenser could consider himself a gentleman only on the basis of having been to university and acquired a Master of Arts degree.• He addressed more than 100 businessmen studying for a Master of Arts Business Administration exam.• Miss Tessa Sanderson, international athlete. Master of Science.• Miss Sue Lawley, journalist and broadcaster. Master of Arts.
8  teacher 教师
a) British EnglishBrE 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 [transitiveT]  
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 learn
2  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。
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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 adjectiveadj [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
2  MAINmost important or main 最重要的 主要的
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
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master craftsman/chef/plumber etc• The knight speaks for the landed interest, the merchant for international trade, and the capper for the working master craftsman.• His problem was solved by Bill Bird, a master craftsman, based at Blockley in Gloucestershire.• Better-heeled artificers must almost certainly have been master craftsmen employing labour themselves.• I., will resume its master chefs series in the autumn.• Some became apprentices who worked beside a master craftsman to become competent in their field.• Here passengers ate delicacies prepared by a master chef under an arched ceiling of embossed leather and oil paintings.• A society of master chefs was formed to achieve professional status similar to that of doctors or lawyers for its members.• They work under the supervision of a Meister, a master craftsman who also is a skilled teacher.
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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 Dictionary
mastermas·ter1 /ˈmɑːstəˈmæstər/ noun [countableC]
a document, record etc from which copies are made
I gave him the master to copy.
mastermaster2 adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
1master copy/ file/list etc the original thing from which copies are made
When 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 people
The company now uses semi-skilled operators instead of master bakers.
3the most important or main thing
Mr Bond’s master company, Bond Corporation
Origin master1
(1000-1100) Old French maistre and the word it came from, Latin magister “chief”
mas·ter1 nounmaster2 verbmaster3 adjectiveadj
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master
1  → master's
2  → variant of master's degree at master's degree
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