past master

英 [ˌpɑːst ˈmɑːstə(r)]

美 [ˌpæst ˈmæstər]

n.  老手; 内行; 专家

牛津词典

noun

• 老手；内行；专家
  a person who is very good at sth because they have a lot of experience in it
  1. She's a past master at getting what she wants.
     她可是个精明的人，想要什么就能得到什么。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 能手；老手；行家
  If you are apast master atsomething, you are very skilful at it because you have had a lot of experience doing it.
  1. He was a past-master at manipulating the media for his own ends...
     他是操纵媒体为自己服务的老手。
  2. She is an adept rock-climber and a past master of the assault course.
     她擅长攀岩，是野战训练场上的老手。

英英释义

noun

• someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
• someone who was formerly a master

双语例句

• At this the gatekeeper opened his eyes very wide, and ran to the king and said: "There's a young donkey sitting outside the gate, playing the lute like a past master."
  守门人吃惊地瞪大了眼睛，跑到国王那儿，报告说：“门外坐着一头小驴儿，琵琶弹得像音乐家一样好听。”
• Yingying is that the Tibet antelope, his skill are agile, five rings being a track and field past master, representing Olympics are hit by one ring of yellow.
  妮妮是京燕，欢快矫捷的妮妮将在体操比赛中闪亮登场，她代表奥林匹克五环中绿色的一环。
• I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house.
  为这两年来只能让你挑回一半的水。因为我身上的这个裂缝，每次你回雇主家的路上，水都在漏，到家时就只剩下半罐了。
• She is an adept rock-climber and a past master of the assault course.
  她擅长攀岩，是野战训练场上的老手。
• On the Past and the Future of the California Master Plan for Higher Education
  美国加州高等教育总规划的过去与未来&约翰·阿布雷·道格拉斯博士访谈录
• It is the summary of the past, the master of the current, and the choice of the future. 3.
  是对历史的总结、当前的把握、未来的选择。
• Henry is a past master at bridge.
  亨利是打桥牌的高手。
• Jolie is a past master at not betraying her emotions on awards night-she also smiled gamely at the Golden Globes when Kate Winslet forgot her name and referred to her as "the other one".
  在当晚老练的茱莉善于掩饰自己的情绪，记得在金球奖上当KateWinslet忘记她的名字，而称“另一位”时，她也是嫣然一笑。
• All above content bothers past master to translate the once, burning-hot sweet potato.
  以上内容麻烦高手翻译一下，烫手山芋。
• Melies was a past master of illusion long before the invention of the motion picture camera.
  梅里叶早在电影摄影机发明之前，就是资深的幻觉大师。