Master

(noun.) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made.

(noun.) an authority qualified to teach apprentices.

(noun.) directs the work of others.

(noun.) someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution.

(noun.) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.

(verb.) have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; 'Do you control these data?'.

(verb.) be or become completely proficient or skilled in; 'She mastered Japanese in less than two years'.

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• The mill shall find salaries for a master and mistress, and the squire or the clothier shall give a treat once a quarter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The business may still flourish with good management, and the master become as rich as any of the company. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Now, with regard to this here robbery, master,' said Blathers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Young lady, if my master don't fall out with me, I'll look down by the kiln by and by, where the boy will be most like, and again in the morning! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The relation of this affecting incident of private life brought master and man to Mr. Perker's chambers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In the long run, the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him; but the necessity is not so immediate. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Aveling, the mathematical master, was sure upon the point. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• And you talk of the tyranny of the masters! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Landlords and farmers, besides, two of the largest classes of masters, have another reason for being pleased with dear years. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Yet Arnold calls them 'The young, light-hearted masters of the wave. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The measure of our self-consciousness will more or less determine whether we are to be the victims or the masters of change. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Ask some of your masters. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• One tries to serve two masters at once. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• They would extract good from the excess of evil,[440] and presently France would fall back helpless into the hands of her legitimate masters. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I am not accustomed, sir, he began, but mastered his anger and resumed his seat. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The man mastered himself with a violent effort, and his grim mouth loosened into a false laugh, which was more menacing than his frown. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• She had mastered this rude coarse nature; and he loved and worshipped her with all his faculties of regard and admiration. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His father, by-the-way, always encouraged these literary tastes, and paid him a small sum for each new book mastered. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I mastered the rising hysteria, lifted up my head, and took a firm stand on the stool. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He had mastered his profession, and the town in Perigord was somewhat too small for him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• While Greek was utterly unknown in the west of Europe, it was mastered by some of the pupils of Theodore. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mastering some hesitation, he answered, Miss Oliver, I presume. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It occurred to me as inconsistent, that, for any mastering idea, he should have endangered his freedom, and even his life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Mastering at once the sixpence and the hand that held it, I demanded, 'Am I to die without you, or am I to live for you? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This was the mastering of the newspaper, so that she might be close up with John on general topics when John came home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She made a strong effort to be calm; she would not speak till she had succeeded in mastering her voice, and then she said: 'I was startled. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I had then been obliged to protect his family and his abode by mastering himself--and I had succeeded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Casaubon bowed with cold politeness, mastering his irritation, but only so far as to be silent. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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