wright
noun [ C ] old use uk/raɪt/ us/raɪt/
(尤指以木头为原料的)制作者,工匠
a person who makes or builds things, especially out of wood
He was among the first to witness the damage which the teams of wrights and carpenters now laboured to repair. 他是第一批见证破坏的人之一,现在工匠和木匠正在努力修复这些破坏。
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- The jury consisted of the Provost, the Baylie, three merchants, a surgeon, a carpenter, a gardener, a smith, a wright, a saddler, a maltman and three other men.
- Soon another change came as wrights and blacksmiths began to work locally and this was speeded up by the coming of industry attracted by the water power of the Water of Leith.
- The stone-built mill, its wright's cottage and one-storey extension have been redesigned.
- She was married to a wright in Fisherrow.