craft

craft /krɑ:ft;US kræft/ n

၁။ (က) [C] လက်မှုပညာ။ လက်မှု အတတ်။
an emporium of African arts and crafts ❍ traditional crafts like basket-weaving ❍ a craft exhibition/ fair. (ခ) [U] အတတ်ပညာ ကျွမ်းကျင်မှု။ chefs who learned their craft in top hotels ❍ A writer only becomes a true writer by practising his craft.
၂။ [U] (fml derog ) ကလိမ်ဉာဏ်။ ဉာဏ်နီဉာဏ်နက်။ He achieved by craft and guile what he could not manage by honest means.
၃။ [C] (pl unchanged) (က) (ရေ)ယာဉ်။ Hundreds of small craft surrounded the liner as it steamed into the harbour. (ခ) (လေ၊ အာကာသ)ယာဉ်။ The astronauts piloted their landing craft down to the moon's surface.
v (usu passive) လက်ဖြင့်ကျွမ်းကျင်စွာ ဖန်တီးသည်။ a carefully crafted speech အသေအချာ ပြင်ဆင်ရေးသားထား သော မိန့်ခွန်း။ ❍ a beautiful hand-crafted silver goblet.
❏ crafty adj (-ier, -iest ) (usu derog ) လည်သော။ နပ်သော။ a crafty politician ❍ schoolchildren having a crafty smoke in the corridor ❍ John's a crafty old fox. craftily adv craftiness n [U]