hand-crafted
hand-crafted — verb
1. to make something carefully using your hands and simple tools, one piece at a ti
to make something carefully using your hands and simple tools, one piece at a time, rather than by machine in a factory.
Vikram hand-crafts wooden flutes in a small workshop behind his house.
transitive: hand-craft + object (artisan goods)
Élise hand-crafted a leather wallet for her father's birthday last weekend.
past tense: hand-crafted + gift object
The Watanabe family has hand-crafted ceramic bowls for four generations.
Every guitar in the shop is hand-crafted from a single piece of cedar.
Noa hand-crafts silver rings using tools that belonged to her grandmother.
- mass-produce
to make in large quantities using machines
文法句型
hand-craft + object
用法筆記
Subject is usually a single artisan or a small workshop; rarely used of large factories even when some manual work is involved.
常見錯誤
hand-crafted — noun
1. a skill or trade in which objects are shaped and finished by hand, usually follo
a skill or trade in which objects are shaped and finished by hand, usually following a craft tradition such as weaving, pottery, or wood carving.
Basket weaving is a hand-craft that takes years of patient practice to learn well.
definitional: a hand-craft = a traditional skilled trade
Ryo studied the old hand-crafts of Kyoto for his university research project.
plural: traditional hand-crafts of a place
The museum in Lima displays hand-crafts made by villagers in the Andes mountains.
Theo's grandfather taught him a hand-craft passed down through five generations.
- handicraft
much more common; covers both the skill and the finished object
- craft
broader; not restricted to hand-only work
- industry
large-scale, mechanised production
文法句型
a hand-craft
traditional hand-craft
用法筆記
Often appears in academic or museum contexts; in everyday speech 'handicraft' or 'craft' is far more common.