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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ar·chi·tect \\ˈär-kə-ˌtekt\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Greek architektōn master builder, from archi- + tektōn builder, carpenter — more at technical
DATE 1563
1. a person who designs buildings and advises in their construction2. a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking the architect of American foreign policy
architect 1560s, from M.Fr
http://M.Fr . architecte, from L. architectus, from Gk. arkhitekton "master builder," from arkhi- "chief" (see archon) + tekton "builder, carpenter" (see texture).
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englisharchitect
noun ADJ. famous, great, leading, talented | church, city, landscape, naval, railway ARCHITECT + VERB design sth, draw up plans (for sth) The house was designed by architecy Louis Kahn.
• Note at PROFESSIONAL (for more verbs)
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 architect
archi·tect / 5B:kitekt; NAmE 5B:rk- / noun1. a person whose job is designing buildings, etc.
建筑师
2. a person who is responsible for planning or creating an idea, an event or a situation
设计师；缔造者；创造者:
He was six of the principal architects of the revolution.
他是那次革命的主要发动者之一。
Jones was the architect of the team's first goal.
琼斯是球队入第一球的发动者。
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: landscape architect , or marine architect , or naval architect
ar·chi·tectI. \ˈärkəˌtekt, ˈȧk-\ noun( -s) Etymology: Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, architecton, from Greek architektōn chief artificer, master builder, from archi- + tektōn workman, carpenter — more at technical 1. : a person skilled in the art of building : a professional student of architecture or one who makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of and to draw up specifications for buildings and to superintend their execution — compare landscape architect , marine architect 2. : one that plans and achieves especially an objective that is felt to be the product of painstaking construction < the … architects of Portugal's … empire in the Far East — S.E.Morison > < the great architect of the military victory — Time >II. transitive verb( -ed/-ing/-s) : to plan and contrive as an architect < the book is not well architected — Times Literary Supplement >
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