1821, artefact, "anything made by human art," from Italian artefatto, from Latin arte "by skill" (ablative of ars "art;" see art (n.)) + factum "thing made," from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). The spelling with -i- is by 1884, by influence of the Latin stem. Archaeological application dates from 1890.
双语例句
1. I have now just confiscated a rather curious artifact for Mr. Potter.
我刚刚查抄了波特先生的一件相当可疑的人工制造品。
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2. A user interface is an artifact, not directly associated with the goals of a user.
用户界面是人造的, 并非直接和用户的目标相关.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
3. Now I have an artifact from every Florida shipwreck of the 1960's.
现在,我拥有60年代的每次在佛罗里达沉船的艺术品的人造品.
来自电影对白
4. He's a vaIuable scientific artifact that must be carefully preserved.
他是一个珍贵的科学人造物品必须被仔细保管.
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5. Agreed. With Tieru's artifact and Sar - Elam's wisdom, we can heal her.
