English Dictionary

craft

IPA（発音記号）

/kɹɑːft/

名詞

廃用 不可算名詞 可算名詞 一般義 複数形 英国王立海軍用語 比喩的用法

(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force .

日本語の意味

力（身体的または物理的な強さ、パワー） / 威力（影響力や能力としての力） / 強さ（戦いや競争における優位性としての力）

They trusted the guardian's craft, an old word for the inner strength that kept the walls standing through the siege.

彼らは守護者の力を信頼していた。包囲戦の間も城壁を支え続けた内なる強さだった。

意味（1）

(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force .

By the craft of nature.

意味（2）

Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne […]

意味（3）

Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .

[…]and the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

意味（4）

(obsolete) Occult art, magic .

意味（5）

(countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art .

意味（6）

(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

[Canton] has a large export trade in hand-made crafts, ivory and furniture.

意味（7）

(countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

For your entente I shall a craft devise […] That ye shall haue your purpose euery dele.

意味（8）

(countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .

[…] Þe seuen craftes all he can […]

意味（9）

(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

A poem […] is the work of the poet; the end and fruit of his labour and study. Poesy is his skill or craft of making; the very fiction itself, the reason or form of the work.

意味（10）

(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .

[…] For since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, / Has the craft of the smith been held in repute by the people.

意味（11）

(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .

A prentis whilom dwelt in our citee, / And of a craft of vitaillers was he […]

意味（12）

(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.

意味（13）

(nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

意味（14）

(figuratively) A woman.

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.

意味（15）

(countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

And whereas the continual Interruption of the Courſe and Paſſage of the Fiſh up the Rivers, by the daily drawing of Seins and other Fiſh-Craft, tends to prevent their Increaſe,[…]

craft （ plural ）

crafts （ plural ）