- a person who makes and repairs wooden objects and structures木匠。
with obj.(一般作be carpentered)
1- make by shaping wood以木工活制作:
the rails were carpentered very skilfully.
这些扶手是很精湛的木工活。
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- no obj. do the work of a carpenter做木工。
词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French carpentier, charpentier, from late Latin carpentarius (artifex) 'carriage(-maker) ', from carpentum 'wagon', of Gaulish origin; related to CAR.