skill: [12] Skill etymologically denotes not a physical accomplishment, but the mental capacity to make ‘distinctions’. It was borrowed from Old Norse skil ‘distinction, discernment, knowledge’, whose relatives include Dutch geschil ‘difference’, and which goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *skel- ‘divide, separate’ (source also of English scale, shell, shield, etc). The modern English sense emerged in the 13th century. => scale, shell, shield
skill (n.)
late 12c., "power of discernment," from Old Norse skil "distinction, ability to make out, discernment, adjustment," related to skilja (v.) "to separate; discern, understand," from Proto-Germanic *skaljo- "divide, separate" (cognates: Swedish skäl "reason," Danish skjel "a separation, boundary, limit," Middle Low German schillen "to differ," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schele "separation, discrimination;" see shell (n.)). Sense of "ability, cleverness" first recorded early 13c.
双语例句
1. The cut of a diamond depends on the skill of its craftsman.
钻石切割靠的是工匠的技艺。
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2. Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.
草药医术在西方已经成了一门几乎绝迹的技艺。
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3. The crucial skill you need to develop is sorting out the parents.
你需要培养的关键技能就是让那些家长认错。
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4. It takes great skill, cool nerves and the reflexes of an athlete.
那需要运动员有高超的技巧、冷静的头脑和迅速的反应能力。
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5. I regard creativity both as a gift and as a skill.
