The vase made by the artisan is wonderful. 那个手艺人做的花瓶棒极了。
A similar association, as of merchants or artisans, in medieval times. 行会中世纪时商人或工匠组成的类似协会
artisan
[ noun ] a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft <noun.person>
Artisan \Ar"ti*san\ (?; 277), n. [F. artisan, fr. L. artitus skilled in arts, fr. ars, artis, art: cf. It. artigiano. See {Art}, n.] 1. One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist. [Obs.]
2. One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.
This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue. --Hume.
Syn: Artificer; artist.
Usage: {Artisan}, {Artist}, {Artificer}. An artist is one who is skilled in some one of the fine arts; an artisan is one who exercises any mechanical employment. A portrait painter is an artist; a sign painter is an artisan, although he may have the taste and skill of an artist. The occupation of the former requires a fine taste and delicate manipulation; that of the latter demands only an ordinary degree of contrivance and imitative power. An artificer is one who requires power of contrivance and adaptation in the exercise of his profession. The word suggest neither the idea of mechanical conformity to rule which attaches to the term artisan, nor the ideas of refinement and of peculiar skill which belong to the term artist.
Nighttime a la Valentino is an ode to the artisan craftsmanship which is the trademark of Italian high fashion.
And two thirds of Prato companies are still classified as 'artisan'. The businesses that have survived have investing heavily in new machinery and R&D. Many factories have been completely re-equipped during the past five years.
But he was not, as the catalog insists, a well-rounded artisan.
'It's an artisan sophistique, not too big and not too small.